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The HTTP 205 Reset Content successful response status code indicates that the request has been successfully processed and the client should reset the document view.
This response is intended to support use cases where the user receives content that supports data entry, submits user-edited data in a request, and the content needs to be reset for the next entry. The instruction to "reset content" can mean clearing the contents of a form, resetting a canvas state, or refreshing a UI; the implementation depends on the client.
Note:
In web applications that use the 205 status, it's assumed that the client handles resetting content after a 205 response.
This is typically done via JavaScript, as resetting content such as forms after a 205 response is not handled natively by browsers.
Note that the response must not include any content, and browsers may reject responses that do so.
The response should not include the Content-Length header either, but if it does the value must be 0.
The empty response may also be indicated using the Transfer-Encoding: chunked header with an empty chunk.
205 Reset Content
205 Reset ContentThe client in this example sends a POST request to submit a form with the comment Hello!:
POST /submit HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 16
comment=Hello%21
After successfully processing the form submission, the server responds with the following 205 response, indicating that the client should reset the form.
HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT
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204 No ContentThis page was last modified on Jun 22, 2026 by MDN contributors.
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