How do I clear the capture window in Wireshark?

Solution 1:

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:

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:

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