# "Clear All" option when using Details Layout **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 22, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177 "2020-12-22T13:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/1 "2020-12-22T13:00:50Z")
All I want for Christmas is… Can we please get a “Clear All Components” button on the Details layout? By default, all columns are added. I can see preloading them as being beneficial for simple apps, but in more complex apps, the list of components to clear is huge. A simple “clear all” button would really help. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/2 "2020-12-22T13:11:00Z")
@kyleheney agree would be good 😌 as well as “delete all” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/3 "2020-12-22T13:20:55Z")
I’m getting pretty good at speed-clicking 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/4 "2020-12-22T13:50:27Z")
Ditto! It would need to have a confirm clear prompt though…wouldn’t want to accidentally clear everything. Maybe a prompt to clear all components only shows up the first time you visit a details screen? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/5 "2020-12-22T15:15:16Z")
Maybe a Global Setting, ie. “Pre-populate Details Layouts - true/false” ? ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/6 "2020-12-22T15:54:44Z")
Absolutely, “are you sure” pop up which you must select before clearing the data else could be in some trouble. Similar to this function, but with a message _”are you sure you want to clear”_ as opposed to delete ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/9/39f94f1f5165ca2b9d68d76c9bbe7e85ff60d20c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/7 "2020-12-22T16:42:14Z")
I wish this popped up every time you go to delete a column in the GDE as well…too many times I’ve accidentally deleted a lengthy ifthenelse and realized that undo doesn’t work on GDE. ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/8 "2020-12-22T20:07:25Z")
Are you guys talking about that in the builder? Or in the actual app? ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/9 "2020-12-22T20:10:39Z")
Builder. ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/10 "2020-12-22T20:11:54Z")
So useful. I have, I think 30 components somewhere and I really just want to remake the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/11 "2020-12-22T22:49:02Z")
Yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/12 "2020-12-22T23:32:39Z")
Yes!! Also happened to me and I was staring my laptop screen like … 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/13 "2020-12-23T02:27:16Z")
I still think that rather than an option to “Delete All” (which can accidentally go wrong), just Don’t. Put. Them. There. In. The. First. Place. I can’t think of a single time where I’ve not deleted all default components when choosing a details layout. Isn’t the whole idea of the details layout so that you can build a custom layout from scratch? Maybe just put a title component there so people don’t get confused when they see an empty components view. But nothing more. It’s not necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Alderman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_alderman/32/66660_2.png) [@Darren\_Alderman](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Alderman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/14 "2021-05-03T18:35:54Z")
I ran into this last week. I was creating detail views for tables with 300+ columns. Deleting that many components gives me early onset arthritis! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-all-option-when-using-details-layout/20177/15 "2021-05-03T21:14:34Z")
Maybe a prompt when opening the tab for the first time (“Hey, you want us to prefill this tab for you?” —yes/no)