JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Graham Fairweather

HTML

<input id="fileopen" type="file" value="" />
<button id="clear">Clear</button>

JavaScript

document.getElementById("clear").addEventListener("click", function () {
    var fileopen = document.getElementById("fileopen"),
        clone = fileopen.cloneNode(true);
    
    fileopen.parentNode.replaceChild(clone, fileopen);
}, false);