# How to clear drop-down box default text

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [November 6, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851 "2019-11-06T05:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![KingZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@KingZ](https://forum.katalon.com/u/KingZ)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/1 "2019-11-06T05:10:29Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/2X/4/4bacd56fcb4b20ac0c3c4add359bdf97fccf9155.png)  
how to clear these text? Actually, that xpath is //div[@id=‘xf\_staffcode’]/input

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**Author:** ![KingZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@KingZ](https://forum.katalon.com/u/KingZ)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/2 "2019-11-06T05:11:58Z")

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I try to use the keyword clear text , but it’s can’t work

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**Author:** ![Arnel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/arnel/32/6360_2.png) [@Arnel](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Arnel)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/3 "2019-11-06T05:17:07Z")

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Hi Kingz,

Try this:

```auto
WebUI.setText(findTestObject("Your_TestObject"), "")

```

Just make the parameter blank.

Hope that helps. . . 🙂

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**Author:** ![KingZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@KingZ](https://forum.katalon.com/u/KingZ)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/4 "2019-11-06T06:15:28Z")

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@Arnel  
I tried this method just now but it couldn’t work

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**Author:** ![KingZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@KingZ](https://forum.katalon.com/u/KingZ)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/5 "2019-11-06T06:30:27Z")

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When I use keyword Clear Text and setText , the result is as following

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/2X/c/c61fe033caca2004d974b7969450c4275ceb4aaa.png)  
Default text is ADMIN and then 9999 is set , so you can see that keyword Clear Text can not work

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**Author:** ![Russ\_Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/russ_thomas/32/11884_2.png) [@Russ\_Thomas](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Russ_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/6 "2019-11-06T14:47:48Z")

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Try SendKeys

> **[\[WebUI\] Send Keys](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/webui-send-keys.html)**
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> Description  Simulates keystroke events on the specified element, as though you typed the value key-by-key.  Parameters  Param Param Type Mandatory Description to TestObject Required Represent a web element. strKeys String...

If that doesn’t work, post the relevant HTML and I’ll clear it with JavaScript.

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**Author:** ![KingZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@KingZ](https://forum.katalon.com/u/KingZ)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/7 "2019-11-07T01:33:40Z")

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Thanks for your reply ,I have solved this problem with combining keyword double click with send keys [delete]

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**Author:** ![gilbert.escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@gilbert.escobar](https://forum.katalon.com/u/gilbert.escobar)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-clear-drop-down-box-default-text/35851/8 "2019-11-08T00:26:17Z")

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Hi KingZ,

There should be other ways you can use to do this. Try it out manually first then apply the keys you typed using SendKeys. For example: You can do Control+Shift+Home or Control+Shift+End to select your text then pressing Backspace Key, is one of them.