How to pass or clear the text which is already entried in textbox

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Hi,

I’m using Power Automate Desktop (PAD) and need to clear a text box before re-entering input data. The “Populate Text Field” action is not working for our application, so we’re using the “Send Keys” method instead.

We’ve already tried sending =Blank(), " ", and {Delete}, but none of these methods have worked.

Could you please suggest any alternative way to clear the text field before entering new data?

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Cgangweg01 881 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi -

Perhaps a Select All first.

Try Send Keys: {Control} ({A}) {Delete}

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CU26061042-0 18 on at

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iIt is behaving

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eetuRobo 4,522 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Is your flow Power Fx enabled or regular flow?
With Power Fx I noticed that it sometimes gives wrong syntax for the special keys. So if you select the "Delete" it might give an extra curly brackets around the {Delete}

Try like this: {Control}({A}){Delete}

Why is the "Populate Text Field" -action not working? Does it not find the element or does it just not do the writing on the field (not giving error)? Or can't you capture the element in the first place? If the action is not able to find the captured element then try to edit the element so it can be found in every instace.

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