From 2ecdf22f84e003cdebc521ee016fdb3e04e2578f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:34:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added function to remove all text

---
 adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
index 510784d..4868a15 100755
--- a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
+++ b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class PortalBase:
 
     """
 
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-branches
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-branches, too-many-public-methods
     def __init__(
         self,
         network,
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ def add_text(
 
     # pylint: enable=too-many-arguments
 
+    def remove_all_text(self, clear_font_cache=False):
+        """Remove all added text.
+
+        :param bool clear_font_cache: Clear the font cache. Defaults to False.
+        """
+        self._text = []
+        if clear_font_cache:
+            self._fonts = {}
+
     def set_text(self, val, index=0):
         """Display text, with indexing into our list of text boxes.
 

From f463e6fb4259ca1835d5ea3b625ff2e69f576d74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:51:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Remove labels as well

---
 adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
index 4868a15..f21093d 100755
--- a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
+++ b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
@@ -214,10 +214,15 @@ def add_text(
     # pylint: enable=too-many-arguments
 
     def remove_all_text(self, clear_font_cache=False):
-        """Remove all added text.
+        """Remove all added text and labels.
 
         :param bool clear_font_cache: Clear the font cache. Defaults to False.
         """
+
+        # Remove the labels
+        for i in range(len(self._text)):
+            self.set_text("", i)
+        # Remove the data
         self._text = []
         if clear_font_cache:
             self._fonts = {}

From 41a895c373f43661ddbcfd1c379d8832e5656650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:53:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add a Garbage Collect after removing stuff

---
 adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
index f21093d..6db809b 100755
--- a/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
+++ b/adafruit_portalbase/__init__.py
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ def remove_all_text(self, clear_font_cache=False):
         self._text = []
         if clear_font_cache:
             self._fonts = {}
+        gc.collect()
 
     def set_text(self, val, index=0):
         """Display text, with indexing into our list of text boxes.