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You can clear input field by onFocus or with a Button in JavaScript. Simply Set the onfocus attribute to NULL using this.value.

<input onfocus=this.value=''>

Or Clearing Input with the help of button.

<button onclick="document.getElementById('InputID').value = ''>

JavaScript clear input

Simple example code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

    <input type="text" onfocus="this.value=''" value="Click here to clear">
</body>

</html>

Output:

JavaScript clear input

Using button

<button onclick="document.getElementById('myInput').value = ''">Clear input field</button>
<input type="text" value="txt" id="myInput">

Using JavaScript

Clear only if value = [email protected]

<script type="text/javascript">
    function clearThis(target) {
        if (target.value == '[email protected]') {
            target.value = "";
        }
    }
</script>

<input type="text" name="email" value="[email protected]" size="30" onfocus="clearThis(this)">

Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Js HTML input tag code.

Note: The All JS Examples codes are tested on the Firefox browser and the Chrome browser.

OS: Windows 10

Code: HTML 5 Version

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