Any way to clear python's IDLE window?

Question

I know there's a similar topic about python console, but I do not know if they are the same. I tried system("clear") and it didn't work here.

How do I clear python's IDLE window?

Answer 1

The "cls" and "clear" are commands which will clear a terminal (ie a DOS prompt, or terminal window). From your screenshot, you are using the shell within IDLE, which won't be affected by such things. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to clear the screen in IDLE. The best you could do is to scroll the screen down lots of lines, eg:

print ("\n" * 100) 

Though you could put this in a function:

def cls(): print ("\n" * 100) 

And then call it when needed as cls()

Answer 2

os.system('clear') works on linux. If you are running windows try os.system('CLS') instead.

You need to import os first like this:

import os