# How to clear a checkbox list to reset?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [June 20, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582 "2023-06-20T20:15:48Z")
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### Author:  [@kcmahlo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kcmahlo)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/1 "2023-06-20T20:15:48Z")
I have a DVL with checkboxes to multiple select, and once the page is submitted, all input values are reset so the page is “blank” to fill in again. I have managed to clear all the fields on the page except for 2, which are set up the same.
Attached are the blocks I used to create the DVL, and a screenshot of my clearing blocks. The 2 empty fields near the bottom are the troublesome ones.
I have tried “empty list” but nothing clears, and I’m not sure what else to try.
Any advice?
Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/2 "2023-06-20T20:34:40Z")
Are you talking about these?
You should be able to clear a Simple List by setting those to the [empty list] block. Those are related to a Simple List component, not a Data Viewer List component.
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### Author:  [@kcmahlo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kcmahlo)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/3 "2023-06-20T21:32:01Z")
I have tried the “empty list” block, but the checkboxes are still marked.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/4 "2023-06-20T23:07:36Z")
A Simple List doesn’t have checkboxes. Something doesn’t add up here. If you’re using a DVL, you won’t have a block for text items. If you’re using a Simple List (aka List Viewer), you won’t have checkboxes.
Can you share a link to your project?
If not, then a screenshot of the “component tree” on the left sidebar of the Design tab might be helpful to see.
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### Author:  [@kcmahlo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kcmahlo)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/5 "2023-06-21T18:14:43Z")
They are Simple Lists with radio buttons - my mistake for saying checkboxes.
I tried the empty list block as well as the block to set to unselected button.
[https://x.thunkable.com/projects/6222a5ad5ab24d0011af7df2/2034331e-8e6b-456e-83d6-2fa4042d75ba/blocks](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/6222a5ad5ab24d0011af7df2/2034331e-8e6b-456e-83d6-2fa4042d75ba/blocks)
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/6 "2023-06-22T02:20:26Z")
I guess I don’t understand this at all. Simple Lists do not have radio buttons. But also, when I set your EFFECTS\_Viewer’s text items manually in the properties panel, I don’t see any text:
So that needs to be fixed before you address the other issues.
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### Author:  [@kcmahlo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kcmahlo)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/7 "2023-06-22T19:44:44Z")
I followed another project to do the radio buttons in the list; I’ll try to find it and post the link so you see where I started. [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/648381398e8991004b981eb8/84142a5c-c851-4043-99b5-5f7ab77278fb/designer). This was a similar project, but I can’t find the original - there are a lot of dead links for examples.
My text in the list is in the blocks; I didn’t do it through the right-side pane.
I am doing most of this trial and error - I find some info on how to do it, but then I need to try to fill in the blanks. Obviously, not always right. lol
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/8 "2023-06-23T00:52:32Z")
What I’m trying to tell you is that in order to debug the Simple Lists, I should be able to type into the properties panel (I never use that either except for simple troubleshooting) and see the content on the screen. But I can’t. So something you’ve done is hiding the text or the Simple List itself in editing mode.
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### Author:  [@kcmahlo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kcmahlo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/9 "2023-06-26T21:11:10Z")
I have no idea why you can’t do that, so I don’t know what to check to fix it.
I’ve been trying to figure this out all weekend and I’m stuck. I can’t find the original tutorial I used as it’s not available anymore, and I’ve done what I can with my limited knowledge of Thunkable. I tried starting those components over again (Terpene and Effect), and all I’ve managed to do is get further from my goal. ☹
EDIT: To add screenshots of where I am now, with the Terpenes component. I see the text in the panel on the right, the list shows up when I click the Terpene button. The list is plain, no radio buttons. If I click on any row, it switches to showing only 2 radio buttons, no text.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-clear-a-checkbox-list-to-reset/2475582/10 "2023-09-24T21:11:52Z")
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