diff --git a/javascript/ui.js b/javascript/ui.js
index cfd0dcd39..165383daa 100644
--- a/javascript/ui.js
+++ b/javascript/ui.js
@@ -151,6 +151,34 @@ function ask_for_style_name(_, prompt_text, negative_prompt_text) {
     return [name_, prompt_text, negative_prompt_text]
 }
 
+// returns css id for currently selected tab in ui
+function selected_tab_id() {
+    tabs = gradioApp().querySelectorAll('#tabs div.tabitem')
+
+    for(var tab = 0; tab < tabs.length; tab++) {
+        if (tabs[tab].style.display != "none") return tabs[tab].id
+
+    }
+
+}
+
+function trash_prompt(_,_, is_img2img) {
+
+    if(selected_tab_id() == "tab_txt2img") {
+     pos_prompt = txt2img_textarea = gradioApp().querySelector("#txt2img_prompt > label > textarea");
+     neg_prompt = txt2img_textarea = gradioApp().querySelector("#txt2img_neg_prompt > label > textarea");
+
+     pos_prompt.value = ""
+     neg_prompt.value = ""
+    } else {
+     pos_prompt = txt2img_textarea = gradioApp().querySelector("#img2img_prompt > label > textarea");
+     neg_prompt = txt2img_textarea = gradioApp().querySelector("#img2img_neg_prompt > label > textarea");
+
+     pos_prompt.value = ""
+     neg_prompt.value = ""
+    }
+}
+
 
 
 opts = {}
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index cb9a6c6e9..bde546cc7 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -424,6 +424,16 @@ def create_seed_inputs():
     return seed, reuse_seed, subseed, reuse_subseed, subseed_strength, seed_resize_from_h, seed_resize_from_w, seed_checkbox
 
 
+# setup button for clearing prompt input boxes on client side of webui
+def connect_trash_prompt(dummy_component, button, is_img2img):
+
+    button.click(
+        fn=lambda: print("Clearing prompt"),
+        _js="trash_prompt",
+        inputs=[],
+        outputs=[],
+    )
+
 def connect_reuse_seed(seed: gr.Number, reuse_seed: gr.Button, generation_info: gr.Textbox, dummy_component, is_subseed):
     """ Connects a 'reuse (sub)seed' button's click event so that it copies last used
         (sub)seed value from generation info the to the seed field. If copying subseed and subseed strength
@@ -540,7 +550,7 @@ def create_toprow(is_img2img):
                     prompt_style2 = gr.Dropdown(label="Style 2", elem_id=f"{id_part}_style2_index", choices=[k for k, v in shared.prompt_styles.styles.items()], value=next(iter(shared.prompt_styles.styles.keys())))
                     prompt_style2.save_to_config = True
 
-    return prompt, roll, prompt_style, negative_prompt, prompt_style2, submit, button_interrogate, button_deepbooru, prompt_style_apply, save_style, paste, token_counter, token_button
+    return prompt, roll, prompt_style, negative_prompt, prompt_style2, submit, button_interrogate, button_deepbooru, prompt_style_apply, save_style, paste, token_counter, token_button, trash_prompt
 
 
 def setup_progressbar(progressbar, preview, id_part, textinfo=None):
@@ -619,10 +629,11 @@ def create_ui(wrap_gradio_gpu_call):
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as txt2img_interface:
         txt2img_prompt, roll, txt2img_prompt_style, txt2img_negative_prompt, txt2img_prompt_style2, submit, _, _,\
         txt2img_prompt_style_apply, txt2img_save_style, txt2img_paste, token_counter,\
-        token_button = create_toprow(is_img2img=False)
+        token_button, trash_prompt_button = create_toprow(is_img2img=False)
 
         dummy_component = gr.Label(visible=False)
         txt_prompt_img = gr.File(label="", elem_id="txt2img_prompt_image", file_count="single", type="bytes", visible=False)
+        connect_trash_prompt(dummy_component, trash_prompt_button, False)
 
         with gr.Row(elem_id='txt2img_progress_row'):
             with gr.Column(scale=1):
@@ -807,7 +818,11 @@ def create_ui(wrap_gradio_gpu_call):
             token_button.click(fn=update_token_counter, inputs=[txt2img_prompt, steps], outputs=[token_counter])
 
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as img2img_interface:
-        img2img_prompt, roll, img2img_prompt_style, img2img_negative_prompt, img2img_prompt_style2, submit, img2img_interrogate, img2img_deepbooru, img2img_prompt_style_apply, img2img_save_style, img2img_paste, token_counter, token_button = create_toprow(is_img2img=True)
+        img2img_prompt, roll, img2img_prompt_style, img2img_negative_prompt, img2img_prompt_style2, submit,\
+        img2img_interrogate, img2img_deepbooru, img2img_prompt_style_apply, img2img_save_style, img2img_paste,\
+        token_counter, token_button, trash_prompt_button = create_toprow(is_img2img=True)
+
+        connect_trash_prompt(dummy_component,trash_prompt_button, True)
 
         with gr.Row(elem_id='img2img_progress_row'):
             img2img_prompt_img = gr.File(label="", elem_id="img2img_prompt_image", file_count="single", type="bytes", visible=False)