Clear Screen in Python | How to Clear Terminal/Console in Python

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Learn how to clear the screen (terminal or console) with the right command by detecting automatically which operating system the user is using.
Instead of just overwriting the previous line we clear the whole terminal so that you can show a completely different thing to the user.
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[@osamahalghamdi9888]

If you're wondering how he added a # to all the lines, he use (Ctrl + /) after highlighting the desired lines.

[@dawn3562]

Exactly what I what looking for, Thanks!

[@FabioMusanni]

Glad it was helpful and thank you for the comment 😉💪

[@fruko3164]

it worked thanks!

[@FabioMusanni]

Hi Fruko. Glad it helped 👍☺️

[@zeeroslo]

I still cant seem to find the "Emulate terminal in output console" in the popup.

[@FabioMusanni]

It should be there, they maybe moved it inside the "Modify Options", you can see a picture here: www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/2023.3/run-debug-configuration.html#9c4548a2 And here you still have it in the table: www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/2023.3/run-debug-configuration.html#9ceaa53a Try having a look there and see if you can find something 😊

[@MouseGoat]

Thanks for the video. Really helped me out with my project.

[@FabioMusanni]

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[@technicalgyaan5528]

Is there no command like 'clrscr() in C'

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello, good question but unfortunately in Python there is no such command 😊

[@misba5785]

Is there any way I can undo and go get back my screen. I have used this while I created a menu within a menu. So the main menu asks the user to select 4 options when the user select one option, he gets clear screen and then moves on to one of those 4 options. But what if the user wants to undo, and go back to the main menu to again select one of those 4 options. I tried using subprocess thing in a function then giving if user input is q, I call my main menu or else if user enters he gets clear screen. But when user inputs q he is gonna press enter so anyways screen will be cleared. What if I want to undo it?

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello 😊 There is no way to undo that command, once the terminal is cleared you can't go back. The only way to do what you are asking is to re-print the whole menu. Maybe you could create a function for the main menu and a function for the secondary menu, when the user is on the secondary menu and enters let's say "b" as in "back" you can clear the screen and call the function for the main menu so the user is shown the main menu and so on. I've made a video on menus, you can have a look at that, it's definitely going to help you a little (kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHPbaKKNeK9nl7s). In that video I don't clear the terminal but you can just clear the terminal every time you call the menu function.

[@shirmilwelgama8521]

Thanks dude nice video !!!

[@FabioMusanni]

Thank you for the comment man! Really appreciated! 🤗💪

[@jihadnawzad8899]

that is not working for me even with writing cls instead of clear. help me please

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello, which code editor are you using? Pycharm?

[@Magnymbus]

TIL you can do this much easier. import os os.system("cls||clear") That's it. Two lines.

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello 😊 Thanks for the comment. You can use os.system but since subprocess is newer, does the same things as os.system and in the docs is the recommended module to use, if two things do the same thing, I always use the one that is recommended. Using os.system doesn't really add value, you can still use "cls||clear" with subprocess and you'll have two lines as well. However, to me writing the code to check the operating system and then run the right command looks better and clearer, especially for beginners. So use the command that makes more sense to you, keeping in mind that subprocess does the same as os.system and more😊

[@youngneji920]

It doesn't work for me in pycharm :

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello 😊 A person had the same problem a while ago, I'm going to paste here the reply I wrote back then: I've researched a bit and it seems that certain OS commands don't work in PyCharm because it's an IDE. This definitely works in the terminal, which is the most important thing, since people run programs from the terminal. If you want it to work in PyCharm as well you should enable one thing: Run --> Edit Configurations --> In the Popup, under execution, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console" After this everything should work in PyCharm too. 😉

[@LiebredelMusgo]

@@FabioMusanni thanks! it works in pycharm :)

[@FabioMusanni]

@@LiebredelMusgo Glad it worked!! 😊💪

[@sirazulhaque1929]

Can I run this clear command using the widgets button? Thanks!

[@FabioMusanni]

Hello 😊 Are you creating a GUI program? If so, all the things in the GUI are not actually in the terminal but in other widgets, you should delete the text contained in the widget, not in the terminal. Anyway, if you still want to do it, in the video I show you how to create a function, you can use that function as the action of the button and that should work 😉😊

[@PhillyWebRadio]

operating_system = sys.platform NameError: name 'sys' is not defined

[@FabioMusanni]

Are you sure you watched the whole video? 😊 Hint: you probably skipped something at the beginning 😉

[@rutenowynidoking3593]

its not working in PyCharm 😕

[@FabioMusanni]

I've researched a bit and it seems that certain OS commands don't work in PyCharm because it's an IDE. This definitely works in the terminal, which is the most important thing, since people run programs from the terminal. If you want it to work in PyCharm as well you should enable one thing: Run --> Edit Configurations --> In the Popup, under execution, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console" After this everything should work in PyCharm too. 😉

[@divanshubakshi4394]

@@FabioMusanni Sorry to say but still after this command its still not working in pycharm.

[@FabioMusanni]

@@divanshubakshi4394 I'm sorry to hear that! Does it work if you run the code in the terminal? If so that's definitely something to do with Pycharm.

[@divanshubakshi4394]

Yes it worked after i replaced clear with 'cls' in command. Thanks for commands and troubleshooting steps though

[@FabioMusanni]

@@divanshubakshi4394 Perfect! Glad to hear that! 💪 If you are using Windows you need to use 'cls', 'clear' can be used on Linux for example. That's why in the video I do different things depending on the OS.