How to change the Content of a <textarea> with JavaScript

Question

How would I change the content of a <textarea> element with JavaScript?

I want to make it empty.

Answer 1

Like this:

document.getElementById('myTextarea').value = '';

or like this in jQuery:

$('#myTextarea').val('');

Where you have

<textarea id="myTextarea" name="something">This text gets removed</textarea>

For all the downvoters and non-believers:

• Here's the MSDN reference

  value Property: Retrieves or sets the text in the entry field of the textArea element.

• Here's the MDN reference

  value DOMString The raw value contained in the control.