# How to clear whole column?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-clear-whole-column/20115>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** actions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-clear-whole-column/20115 "2020-12-20T22:10:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-clear-whole-column/20115/52 "2022-02-20T12:40:13Z")

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> [@ToOFa\_Apps](#):
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> Please let me know if there is a new feature in glide for this.

There isn’t.  
Well, technically there is now - with Enterprise/Pro Apps you could use the Glide API to do a Set Column Values on several rows, and have that triggered by a single action.

If the API is too daunting for you (or your app is not pro), then the closest you can get is to “simulate” it.

> [@Reset Multiple Rows At Once](https://community.glideapps.com/t/reset-multiple-rows-at-once/22211):
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> There have been several requests for people to find a way to clear a value in multiple rows. I was thinking about that and came up with a quick example of a way to handle that. Instead of trying to clear a value in an entire column, I realized we could just change one value on a parent column, load it as a single value in our sheet and then compare that parent value to a column that we set or unset for each row. It’s not about clearing an entire column, it’s about making a value in each row n…

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