How do I clear the capture window in Wireshark?

Wireshark Problem Overview

Is there a way to clear the capture window in Wireshark without restarting the capture or re-applying the filter? It's difficult to tell one set of traffic from another without looking very closely at the timestamp.

Wireshark Solutions

Solution 1 - Wireshark

I don't see a way to clear the window, but hitting 'Restart the running live capture' seems to work.

You can therefore clear the window in WireShark by doing one of the following:

Clicking on the green shark-fin to the right of the red Stop button
Clicking on Capture > Restart
Hitting Ctrl-R.

Solution 2 - Wireshark

Possible workaround w/o stopping/restarting capture

Suppose the last packet captured so far is the xth packet. Just apply the filter frame.number>x and everything disappears :)

Solution 3 - Wireshark

Update: F5 button now reassign to refresh interface.

Wireshark 2.02 refresh capture display Ubuntu : Press Close the capture file

Windows : Press the Green fin Restart current capture

Solution 4 - Wireshark

For Mac users, ⌘r for a restart

Solution 5 - Wireshark

There seems to be no way to clear the window. Just hit the refresh button multiple times fast and hit STOP in the end. It will then give a warning: "No packets captured". That's all. After this you can hit the start capture button to record your packets of concern.

If it gives a pop-up asking to save the capture on hitting refresh every-time, just disable that functionality for time being. Uncheck the "Confirm unsaved capture files" field under Preferences.

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	Ryan Shripat	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Wireshark	Ryan Shripat	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 2 - Wireshark	Darren Ng	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 3 - Wireshark	mootmoot	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 4 - Wireshark	Tom Howard	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 5 - Wireshark	Prateek Bhuwania	View Answer on Stackoverflow