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HTML
<input id="fileopen" type="file" value="" />
<button id="clear">Clear</button>
JavaScript
document.getElementById("fileopen").addEventListener("change", function () {
alert("change");
}, false);
$("#clear").click(function () {
var fileopen = $("#fileopen"),
clone = fileopen.clone(true);
fileopen.replaceWith(clone);
});