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I am posting this simple script in response to Loren's Art of MATLAB blog entry
http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2016/07/11/clearing-the-air-in-your-matlab-session/
Although I do use "clear" or "clearvars" on their own interactively, fairly often I need to reset everything and make sure my class definitions are up to date etc. so this "clean start" script evolved for this purpose. But there are 2 big differences to just using clear classes on its own:
I want to keep breakpoints
I allow an emergency undo by saving state into a file
This comes at a price of how long it takes to do the save etc. I also found timer objects are very persistent so had to include a line to delete these too.
Cite As
Julian (2026). Clean start (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/58185-clean-start), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
General Information
- Version 1.0.0.0 (2.96 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.0 |