diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
index 898dbd1c1..09615697d 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiutility.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QComboBox>
+#include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 #include <QJsonValue>
@@ -412,6 +413,15 @@ namespace BlackGui
         return rows;
     }
 
+    int CGuiUtility::clearModel(QAbstractItemModel *model)
+    {
+        if (!model) { return 0; }
+        const int count = model->rowCount();
+        if (count < 1) { return 0; }
+        model->removeRows(0, count);
+        return count;
+    }
+
     bool CGuiUtility::isTopLevelWidget(QWidget *widget)
     {
         if (!widget) { return false; }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiutility.h b/src/blackgui/guiutility.h
index 917ee6947..c5a802f24 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiutility.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiutility.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class QLayout;
 class QMimeData;
 class QTabWidget;
 class QGraphicsOpacityEffect;
+class QAbstractItemModel;
 
 namespace BlackMisc { class CIcon; }
 namespace BlackGui
@@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
         //! Only the row part and unique (so no rows is twice in the list)
         static QList<int> indexToUniqueRows(const QModelIndexList &indexes);
 
+        //! Clear a model
+        static int clearModel(QAbstractItemModel *model);
+
         //! Is top level widget?
         static bool isTopLevelWidget(QWidget *widget);