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# Clear The Screen In psql

The `psql` interactive terminal does not have a built-in way of clearing the screen. What I usually do if I really need the screen cleared is quit, run `clear` from the shell, and then open a new `psql` session. This is unnecessary though. Instead, we can use the `\!` command to execute a shell command, in this case, the `clear` command.

```
> \! clear
```

This clears the screen in one step and keeps our current session running.

See the [psql docs](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-psql.html) for more details.