idea Reset All Filters in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Reset All Filters

ReinaChanoMurray — Wed, 21 May 2025 21:59:36 GMT

A common feedback we get from users is that they'd like to have a single reset button for filters. We'd love a 'master' reset button, or a reset widget that, through actions, could be connected to multiple other widgets (such as filters, lists, etc).

Why we want this: You can obviously create a pretty expansive filter widget with multiple queries and have then, under "Advanced Tools", toggle on "Reset all filters".

However, we often build apps for clients who are new in general to GIS and geospatial concepts; when setting up ways for our clients to query a given dataset, we find that using a combination of the Accordion widget with filters grouped into themes provides an easier to use and easier to understand experience.

It's helpful for a beginner to have prescribed steps (ie, filter by state, then by land use, then by building type). The accordion widget lets us combine text instructions, images and a filter widget into a clear guide and step. However, we end up with multiple filter widgets, with multiple reset buttons. Having to go back to each step to reset that particular step's filter is tedious and can be confusing, especially if they've built up a fairly complex query across multiple filters, and they've toggled an Accordion step closed.

Image shows a sample app we've built where a single "Reset" button would be incredibly useful.

Re: Reset All Filters

jmadron_cgs — Wed, 21 May 2025 23:14:37 GMT

This feature would be great!

Re: Reset All Filters

AlfredBaldenweck — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:26:09 GMT

Hmm. I was hoping that you could do this with a button widget, but it appears that those can't connect to filter widgets?

A clear all filters, period button would be great.

Re: Reset All Filters

ReinaChanoMurray — Thu, 22 May 2025 17:56:11 GMT

@AlfredBaldenweck agreed!

Just wanted to note that as a workaround, you can set up a button widget and set it to the ExpB app URL. It's an inelegant, glitchy solution that can work, except you may have other app attributes reset as well that will annoy users, and if you have splash screens, users will have those pop up again unless you added the option to not have the splash screen appear again, and users remembered to click that off.

Re: Reset All Filters

MappyIan — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:18:02 GMT

I fully support this idea. I'm fairly new to using ExB and have configured multiple filters using an accordion panel exactly the same as the OP. Having a single 'reset all filters' button/widget/control would be great. I've also gone down the same route as the OP and added a button which simply reloads the Experience. It's inelegant but it does the job albeit with the caveats mentioned by @ReinaChanoMurray above ☝️.

Re: Reset All Filters

CarsonGIS2 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:55:29 GMT

We would also like to see a Master Reset Filters for all filter widgets on a page.

Re: Reset All Filters

ElieRizk — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:36:58 GMT

We’re seeing the same issue: the Reset button on the Filter widget only resets that widget and does not clear filters/selections applied in other widgets (e.g., charts). We would appreciate having an option in future releases to reset all filters/selections across the entire dashboard/experience.

Re: Reset All Filters

WRKelly — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:31:36 GMT

Yep, agree. We really need an elegant master Reset All Filters button/capability!