When I'm running a new sketch the serial monitor may have stuff already, or be printing stuff when I open it. Is there a simple way to run in setup that would clear the current display? What I do now is put a delay so that I can click on the "clear display" button.

Try this: Serial.print(F("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n")); the "n" is the new line character. When it reaches the bottom it scrolls the onscreen data off the top. You can do it in a loop if you want.

Clear display on serial monitor

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UKHeliBob March 13, 2024, 7:19am 6

As the question is not specific to either IDE it has been moved to Project Guidance

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Clear display on serial monitor

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