From 21ee73763a4a0b7a4d018a3fdc2c475a02ab4ddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:38:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Preferences->Searching->Clear search histories not taking
 effect till a restart for some search boxes. Fixes #1956088 [Clear Search
 Histories not clearing search
 histories.](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1956088)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
index 33c103b8b7..312402fbd5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class SearchBox2(QComboBox):  # {{{
 
     def clear_history(self):
         config[self.opt_name] = []
+        super().clear()
         self.clear()
     clear_search_history = clear_history