diff --git a/console.c b/console.c
index cccba3bebd..ebe47a87c9 100644
--- a/console.c
+++ b/console.c
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@ static void IConsoleWndProc(Window* w, WindowEvent* e)
 						SetWindowDirty(w);
 					}
 					break;
-					case (WKC_CTRL | 'L'):
+				case (WKC_CTRL | 'L'):
 					IConsoleCmdExec("clear");
 					break;
+				case (WKC_CTRL | 'U'):
+					DeleteTextBufferAll(&_iconsole_cmdline);
+					SetWindowDirty(w);
+					break;
 				case WKC_BACKSPACE: case WKC_DELETE:
 					if (DeleteTextBufferChar(&_iconsole_cmdline, e->keypress.keycode)) {
 						IConsoleResetHistoryPos();
diff --git a/gui.h b/gui.h
index f3f19b613d..6ea1566781 100644
--- a/gui.h
+++ b/gui.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ void HandleEditBox(Window *w, int wid);
 int HandleEditBoxKey(Window *w, int wid, WindowEvent *we);
 bool HandleCaret(Textbuf *tb);
 
+void DeleteTextBufferAll(Textbuf *tb);
 bool DeleteTextBufferChar(Textbuf *tb, int delmode);
 bool InsertTextBufferChar(Textbuf *tb, byte key);
 bool InsertTextBufferClipboard(Textbuf *tb);
diff --git a/misc_gui.c b/misc_gui.c
index 37d7c25096..63fb1b6ef2 100644
--- a/misc_gui.c
+++ b/misc_gui.c
@@ -783,6 +783,17 @@ bool DeleteTextBufferChar(Textbuf *tb, int delmode)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Delete every character in the textbuffer
+ * @param tb @Textbuf buffer to be emptied
+ */
+void DeleteTextBufferAll(Textbuf *tb)
+{
+	memset(tb->buf, 0, tb->maxlength);
+	tb->length = tb->width = 0;
+	tb->caretpos = tb->caretxoffs = 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Insert a character to a textbuffer. If maxlength is zero, we don't care about
  * the screenlength but only about the physical length of the string
@@ -875,6 +886,10 @@ int HandleEditBoxKey(Window *w, int wid, WindowEvent *we)
 		if (InsertTextBufferClipboard(&WP(w, querystr_d).text))
 			InvalidateWidget(w, wid);
 		break;
+	case (WKC_CTRL | 'U'):
+		DeleteTextBufferAll(&WP(w, querystr_d).text);
+		InvalidateWidget(w, wid);
+		break;
 	case WKC_BACKSPACE: case WKC_DELETE:
 		if (DeleteTextBufferChar(&WP(w, querystr_d).text, we->keypress.keycode))
 			InvalidateWidget(w, wid);