How to clear screen in python?

Most of the time, while working with Python interactive shell/terminal (not a console), we end up with a messy output and want to clear the screen for some reason. In an interactive shell/terminal, we can simply use

ctrl+l

But, what if we want to clear the screen while running a python script? Unfortunately, there’s no built-in keyword or function/method to clear the screen. So, we do it on our own.

Clearing Screen in windows Operating System

Example 1:

You can simply “cls” to clear the screen in windows.

Python3

import os

# Clearing the Screen
os.system('cls')

Example 2:

You can also only “import os” instead of “from os import system” but with that, you have to change system(‘clear’) to os.system(‘clear’). 

Python3

# import only system from os
from os import system, name

# import sleep to show output for some time period
from time import sleep

# define our clear function
def clear():

    # for windows
    if name == 'nt':
        _ = system('cls')

    # for mac and linux(here, os.name is 'posix')
    else:
        _ = system('clear')

# print out some text
print('hello geeks\n'*10)

# sleep for 2 seconds after printing output
sleep(2)

# now call function we defined above
clear()

Example 3:

Another way to accomplish this is using the subprocess module. 

Python3

# import call method from subprocess module
from subprocess import call

# import sleep to show output for some time period
from time import sleep

# define clear function
def clear():
    # check and make call for specific operating system
    _ = call('clear' if os.name == 'posix' else 'cls')


print('hello geeks\n'*10)

# sleep for 2 seconds after printing output
sleep(2)

# now call function we defined above
clear()

Clearing Screen in Linux Operating System

Example:

In this example, we used the time module and os module to clear the screen in Linux os.

Python3

import os
from time import sleep

# some text
print("a")
print("b")
print("c")
print("d")
print("e")
print("Screen will now be cleared in 5 Seconds")

# Waiting for 5 seconds to clear the screen
sleep(5)

# Clearing the Screen
os.system('clear')