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HTML

<form>
    <input type="text" /> <br>
    <input type="file" id="myfile" />
</form>

<a href="" id="resetLink">Reset file input</a>

JavaScript

function reset_form_element (e) {
    e.wrap('<form>').parent('form').trigger('reset');
    e.unwrap();
}

$('#resetLink').on ('click', function (e) {
    reset_form_element( $('#myfile') );
    e.preventDefault();
});