From 72a065d0b66c20972cec11bc67c6ca4a60289acf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Lizunov <andrey.tver69@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:55:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] clearOptions: Don't remove already selected items

---
 CHANGELOG.md     | 1 +
 src/selectize.js | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3b2a0d80..4cfbfa624 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Fixed bug making `clearOptions` function. Now it doesn't remove already selected options. (thanks @caseymct - #1079)
 * Fixed bug making `allowEmptyOption: true` useless (thanks @mcavalletto - #739)
 * Functions in option `render` can now return a DOM node in addition to
   text. (#617)
diff --git a/src/selectize.js b/src/selectize.js
index fac543c03..db25e58bb 100644
--- a/src/selectize.js
+++ b/src/selectize.js
@@ -1336,10 +1336,15 @@ $.extend(Selectize.prototype, {
 		self.loadedSearches = {};
 		self.userOptions = {};
 		self.renderCache = {};
-		self.options = self.sifter.items = {};
+		var options = self.options;
+		$.each(self.options, function(key, value) {
+			if(self.items.indexOf(key) == -1) {
+				delete options[key];
+			}
+		});
+		self.options = self.sifter.items = options;
 		self.lastQuery = null;
 		self.trigger('option_clear');
-		self.clear();
 	},
 
 	/**