Tips to clear Command Prompt screen Windows 11:
In this post, we are going to discuss on “How to clear Command Prompt screen Windows 11”. You will be guided with easy steps/methods to do so. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Command Prompt or CMD or CMD.exe: Command Prompt is default command-line interpreter for OS/2, eComStation, ArchOS, Microsoft Windows OS, and ReactOS operating system. The implementations differ on vicarious systems but the behaviours and basic set of commands is generally consistent. It is interacts with user through a command-line interface. There are set of Microsoft Windows NT family and Windows OS’s commands for various functions.
CLS (for Clear Screen): It is command used by command-line interpreters – command prompt (DOS) in Windows OS based computer to clear screen or console window of commands and any output generated by them. It doesn’t clear the user’s history of commands. So, if you are on Command prompt window in Windows 11 computer and want to clear or reset all items from command-line, you need to just write ‘cls’ command in separate line in Command Prompt and then hit ‘Enter’ key to execute the command. Let’s go for steps.
How to clear Command Prompt screen Windows 11?
Method 1: Try ‘cls’ command
The syntax to clear command prompt screen is ‘cls’ and you can write this command in separate line of command prompt and hit ‘Enter’ key after this to execute. This will clear your command prompt screen. If you want to open specific directory, you will need to use ‘CD’ command and once you are inside the preferred directory, type ‘DIR’ and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute. For example, you can type ‘C C:\>DIR’ and hit ‘Enter’ key after this
CLS
Or
C:\>DIR
CLS
Method 2: Close Command Prompt and then reopen it
Another way to clear Command Prompt screen is to close Command Prompt window. This will erase or clear all commands/ items you have entered and then reopen Command Prompt and check if it is cleared screen.
Step 1: If you are inside Command Prompt window, click on ‘X’ button at top of window to close the Command Prompt
Step 2: Once, re-open Command Prompt and you will see the default prompt
Method 3: Try clearing Command prompt screen using keyboard shortcuts
You can also try using specific keyboard shortcuts key to execute CLS command. Some of these shortcuts are ESC (Escape) key, Back Space, CTRL + Backspace and CTRL + C. So, you can just CLS command using these shortcuts.
- ESC – to delete or clear the current line of text and move the cursor back to the default prompt/directory.
- BACKSPACE – to delete a single character to the left of the cursor.
- CTRL + BACKSPACE – to delete one word to the left of the cursor.
- CTRL + C – to stop the command line that you’re typing and move to a new prompt on the next line.
How to view all stored commands line Command Prompt in Windows 11?
If you want to view all stored command lines in Command Prompt Windows 11, then you can just use ‘Help’ command line.
Step 1: Open ‘Command Prompt’ app in Windows 11 via Windows Search
Step 2: In ‘Command Prompt’ window, type ‘help’ command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute. A list of all command history, command names, and their respective functions will be displayed on entire command prompt screen. This will help you to execute further commands when required.
Conclusion
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