StringVar instance has no attribute 'delete'

Question

I am having trouble using the delete method for Entry in tkinter. Currently I import tkinter as follows:

import Tkinter as tk

I then declare two variables that are used to track the value of two entry fields as follows:

self.UN = tk.StringVar()
self.PW = tk.StringVar()

I am able to get the value using

self.UN.get() 

without any issue but when try to delete the value using

self.UN.delete(0, END)

I get the error, StringVar instance has no attribute 'delete' I have looked through other possible solutions on SO but none seem relevant to my issue. I used the following tutorial to try and get this to work: http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/entry.htm

I have also tried variations on the delete like putting Tk.END inside the brackets, but can't get this going. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Instead of delete(), you have to use set():

field_name.set('')

It's working from my side.