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 {{APIRef("Console API")}}
 
-The **`console.clear()`** static method clears the console if the console allows it. A graphical console, like those running on browsers, will allow it; a console displaying on the terminal, like the one running on Node, will not support it, and will have no effect (and no error).
+The **`console.clear()`** static method clears the console if possible.
+
+A graphical console, like those in web browsers, will remove all previous messages; a console displaying on a terminal, like the one in Node.js, will attempt to clear it using an escape code or system API; otherwise the method will have no effect (and no error).
 
 ## Syntax