diff --git a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/cache.go b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/cache.go
index 7fe9220..75419dc 100644
--- a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/cache.go
+++ b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/cache.go
@@ -92,3 +92,9 @@ func (c *TraceCache) GetSpanByID(spanID string) (*SpanData, bool) {
 	span, ok := c.spanid2span[spanID]
 	return span, ok
 }
+
+func (c *TraceCache) flush() {
+	c.spanid2span = SpanDataMap{}
+	c.traceid2spans = TraceSpanDataMap{}
+	c.tracesvc2spans = TraceServiceSpanDataMap{}
+}
diff --git a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store.go b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store.go
index 9511762..d3d35a6 100644
--- a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store.go
+++ b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store.go
@@ -155,3 +155,17 @@ func (s *Store) AddSpan(traces *ptrace.Traces) {
 
 	s.updateFilterService()
 }
+
+// Flush clears the store including the cache
+func (s *Store) Flush() {
+	s.mut.Lock()
+	defer func() {
+		s.updatedAt = time.Now()
+		s.mut.Unlock()
+	}()
+
+	s.svcspans = SvcSpans{}
+	s.svcspansFiltered = SvcSpans{}
+	s.cache.flush()
+	s.updatedAt = time.Now()
+}
diff --git a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store_test.go b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store_test.go
index 32f862a..38f768e 100644
--- a/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store_test.go
+++ b/tuiexporter/internal/telemetry/store_test.go
@@ -225,3 +225,36 @@ func TestStoreAddSpanWithRotation(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, testdata2.Spans[0], gotsds["test-service-1"][0].Span) // trace 2, span-1-1-1
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStoreFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	// traceid: 1
+	//  └- resource: test-service-1
+	//  | └- scope: test-scope-1-1
+	//  | | └- span: span-1-1-1
+	//  | | └- span: span-1-1-2
+	//  | └- scope: test-scope-1-2
+	//  |   └- span: span-1-2-3
+	//  └- resource: test-service-2
+	//    └- scope: test-scope-2-1
+	//      └- span: span-2-1-1
+	// traceid: 2
+	//  └- resource: test-service-1
+	//    └- scope: test-scope-1-1
+	//      └- span: span-1-1-1
+	store := NewStore()
+	store.maxServiceSpanCount = 1
+	payload1, _ := test.GenerateOTLPPayload(t, 1, 2, []int{2, 1}, [][]int{{2, 1}, {1}})
+	payload2, _ := test.GenerateOTLPPayload(t, 2, 1, []int{1}, [][]int{{1}})
+	store.AddSpan(&payload1)
+	store.AddSpan(&payload2)
+
+	before := store.updatedAt
+	store.Flush()
+
+	assert.True(t, before.Before(store.updatedAt))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(store.svcspans))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(store.svcspansFiltered))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(store.cache.spanid2span))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(store.cache.traceid2spans))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(store.cache.tracesvc2spans))
+}
diff --git a/tuiexporter/internal/tui/component/page.go b/tuiexporter/internal/tui/component/page.go
index eabe969..0de3506 100644
--- a/tuiexporter/internal/tui/component/page.go
+++ b/tuiexporter/internal/tui/component/page.go
@@ -146,13 +146,20 @@ func (p *TUIPages) createTracePage(store *telemetry.Store) *tview.Flex {
 			}
 			// don't return nil here, because we want to pass the event to the search input
 		}
+
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyCtrlL {
+			store.Flush()
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		return event
 	})
 	page = attatchCommandList(page, KeyMaps{
-		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyCtrlL, ' ', tcell.ModNone): "Toggle Log",
+		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyF12, ' ', tcell.ModNone):   "Toggle Log",
 		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyRune, '/', tcell.ModNone):  "Search traces",
 		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyEsc, ' ', tcell.ModNone):   "(search) Cancel",
 		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyEnter, ' ', tcell.ModNone): "(search) Confirm",
+		*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyCtrlL, ' ', tcell.ModNone): "Clear all data",
 	})
 
 	return page
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ func (p *TUIPages) refreshTimeline(store *telemetry.Store, row int) {
 		timeline.AddItem(tl, 0, 1, true)
 	}
 
-	keymaps[*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyCtrlL, ' ', tcell.ModNone)] = "Toggle Log"
+	keymaps[*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyF12, ' ', tcell.ModNone)] = "Toggle Log"
 	keymaps[*tcell.NewEventKey(tcell.KeyEsc, ' ', tcell.ModNone)] = "Back to Traces"
 	timeline = attatchCommandList(timeline, keymaps)
 
diff --git a/tuiexporter/internal/tui/tui.go b/tuiexporter/internal/tui/tui.go
index a50b7dc..4e8824c 100644
--- a/tuiexporter/internal/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tuiexporter/internal/tui/tui.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewTUIApp(store *telemetry.Store) *TUIApp {
 	app.SetRoot(pages, true)
 
 	app.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
-		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyCtrlL {
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyF12 {
 			tpages.ToggleLog()
 
 			return nil