diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/core/editor.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/core/editor.dart
index bc583c2fd..c5252df39 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/core/editor.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/core/editor.dart
@@ -1246,6 +1246,12 @@ class MutableDocument with Iterable<DocumentNode> implements Document, Editable
     return isRemoved;
   }
 
+  /// Deletes all nodes from the [Document].
+  void clear() {
+    _nodes.clear();
+    _refreshNodeIdCaches();
+  }
+
   /// Moves a [DocumentNode] matching the given [nodeId] from its current index
   /// in the [Document] to the given [targetIndex].
   ///
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/default_document_editor.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/default_document_editor.dart
index 249021ae1..7f3139998 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/default_document_editor.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/default_document_editor.dart
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ final defaultRequestHandlers = List.unmodifiable(<EditRequestHandler>[
   (request) => request is DeleteNodeRequest //
       ? DeleteNodeCommand(nodeId: request.nodeId)
       : null,
+  (request) => request is ClearDocumentRequest //
+      ? ClearDocumentCommand()
+      : null,
   (request) => request is DeleteUpstreamCharacterRequest //
       ? const DeleteUpstreamCharacterCommand()
       : null,
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/multi_node_editing.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/multi_node_editing.dart
index 5abda1cf7..2022d8532 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/multi_node_editing.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/default_editor/multi_node_editing.dart
@@ -1312,3 +1312,57 @@ class DeleteNodeCommand extends EditCommand {
     ]);
   }
 }
+
+/// An [EditRequest] to clear the document's content.
+///
+/// This request:
+///
+/// - Removes all nodes from the document.
+/// - Adds a new empty paragraph.
+/// - Places the caret at the beginning of the new paragraph.
+/// - Clears the composing region.
+class ClearDocumentRequest implements EditRequest {
+  const ClearDocumentRequest();
+}
+
+class ClearDocumentCommand extends EditCommand {
+  @override
+  void execute(EditContext context, CommandExecutor executor) {
+    final document = context.document;
+
+    for (final node in document) {
+      executor.logChanges([
+        DocumentEdit(
+          NodeRemovedEvent(node.id, node),
+        )
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    document.clear();
+
+    final newNodeId = Editor.createNodeId();
+    executor
+      ..executeCommand(
+        InsertNodeAtIndexCommand(
+          nodeIndex: 0,
+          newNode: ParagraphNode(
+            id: newNodeId,
+            text: AttributedText(),
+          ),
+        ),
+      )
+      ..executeCommand(
+        ChangeSelectionCommand(
+          DocumentSelection.collapsed(
+            position: DocumentPosition(
+              nodeId: newNodeId,
+              nodePosition: const TextNodePosition(offset: 0),
+            ),
+          ),
+          SelectionChangeType.insertContent,
+          SelectionReason.userInteraction,
+        ),
+      )
+      ..executeCommand(ChangeComposingRegionCommand(null));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/super_editor/test/super_editor/supereditor_content_deletion_test.dart b/super_editor/test/super_editor/supereditor_content_deletion_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db3fb8cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super_editor/test/super_editor/supereditor_content_deletion_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test_runners/flutter_test_runners.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/super_editor.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/super_editor_test.dart';
+
+import 'supereditor_test_tools.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('SuperEditor > content deletion >', () {
+    testWidgetsOnAllPlatforms('clears document', (tester) async {
+      final testContext = await tester //
+          .createDocument()
+          .withLongDoc()
+          .pump();
+
+      // Place the caret at an arbitraty node. We don't place the caret at the
+      // beginning of the document to make sure the selection will move
+      // to the beginning of the document after the deletion.
+      await tester.placeCaretInParagraph('2', 0);
+
+      // Hold the state sent to the platform.
+      String? text;
+      int? selectionBase;
+      int? selectionExtent;
+      String? selectionAffinity;
+      int? composingBase;
+      int? composingExtent;
+
+      // Intercept the setEditingState message sent to the platform.
+      tester
+          .interceptChannel(SystemChannels.textInput.name) //
+          .interceptMethod(
+        'TextInput.setEditingState',
+        (methodCall) {
+          if (methodCall.method == 'TextInput.setEditingState') {
+            text = methodCall.arguments['text'];
+            selectionBase = methodCall.arguments['selectionBase'];
+            selectionExtent = methodCall.arguments['selectionExtent'];
+            selectionAffinity = methodCall.arguments['selectionAffinity'];
+            composingBase = methodCall.arguments["composingBase"];
+            composingExtent = methodCall.arguments["composingExtent"];
+          }
+          return null;
+        },
+      );
+
+      // Delete all content.
+      testContext.editor.execute([const ClearDocumentRequest()]);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      // Ensure the document was cleared and a new empty paragraph was added.
+      final document = testContext.document;
+      expect(document.length, equals(1));
+      expect(document.first, isA<ParagraphNode>());
+      expect((document.first as ParagraphNode).text.text, equals(''));
+
+      // Ensure the selection was moved to the end of the document.
+      expect(
+        SuperEditorInspector.findDocumentSelection(),
+        DocumentSelection.collapsed(
+          position: DocumentPosition(
+            nodeId: document.first.id,
+            nodePosition: const TextNodePosition(offset: 0),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      // Ensure the composing region was cleared.
+      expect(testContext.composer.composingRegion.value, isNull);
+
+      // Ensure the state was correctly sent to the platform.
+      expect(text, equals('. '));
+      expect(selectionBase, equals(2));
+      expect(selectionExtent, equals(2));
+      expect(selectionAffinity, equals('TextAffinity.downstream'));
+      expect(composingBase, equals(-1));
+      expect(composingExtent, equals(-1));
+
+      // Ensure the user can still type text.
+      await tester.typeImeText('Hello world!');
+      expect((document.first as ParagraphNode).text.text, equals('Hello world!'));
+    });
+  });
+}