How to Remove All Items From an ArrayList in Java

In this example we will show the method to remove all items from an ArrayList in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class ClearArrayList { 
  public static void main(String[] args) { 
    ArrayList strs = new ArrayList();
    strs.add("a");
    strs.add("b");
    strs.add("c");
    strs.clear(); // remove all items
    System.out.println(strs);
  } 
}

Output:

[]

References

Imported packages in Java documentation:

ArrayList
Array
Array
List
List