Clear the value from a single field on a fillable form when that value was entered from a picklist?

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February 20, 2018
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How do you clear the value from a field on a fillable form when that value was entered from a picklist? Without resetting the entire form. Acrobat XI (Version 11.0.23.22). I can change the value to any value in the picklist, but once a value is in there, I can't clear the field so it's blank unless I reset the entire form.

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George_Johnson

Inspiring

It's certainly possible to reset a single field with a Reset Form action or when using the resetForm JavaScript method.

What item in the list is initially selected when a blank form is opened?

try67

Community Expert

If I understood them correctly they want to clear the field entirely, even though it doesn't have such an option. That can't be done with a script, unless you remove all the items from the field, or the option to enter custom text into it is enabled.

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George_Johnson

Inspiring

Right, so that raises the question of what the initial dropdown value is, and why isn't resetting to that sufficient?

try67

Community Expert

If the field doesn't have an empty value (and it doesn't allow for custom user input) then you can't do it, and resetting the form won't do it, either.

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