最短的方法:

canvas.width += 0

一种简单但不太好读的方式是这样写的:

var canvas = document.getElementId('canvas');

// after doing some rendering

canvas.width = canvas.width;  // clear the whole canvas

Context.clearRect(starting width, starting height, ending width, ending height);

例如:上下文。clearRect(0,0, canvas.)宽度,canvas.height);

我总是用这个

ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
window.requestAnimationFrame(functionToBeCalled)

NOTE

结合clearRect和requestAnimationFrame允许更流畅的动画，如果这是你想要的

Chrome响应良好:上下文。clearRect (x, y, w, h);正如@Pentium10所建议的，但IE9似乎完全忽略了这条指令。 IE9似乎对:canvas做出了响应。宽度= canvas.width;但它不清除线条，只是形状，图片和其他物体，除非你也使用@John Allsopp的解决方案，首先改变宽度。

如果你有一个canvas和context是这样创建的:

var canvas = document.getElementById('my-canvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

你可以使用这样的方法:

function clearCanvas(context, canvas) {
  context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
  var w = canvas.width;
  canvas.width = 1;
  canvas.width = w;
}

这适用于我的pieChart in chart.js

<div class="pie_nut" id="pieChartContainer">
    <canvas id="pieChart" height="5" width="6"></canvas> 
</div>

$('#pieChartContainer').html(''); //remove canvas from container
$('#pieChartContainer').html('<canvas id="pieChart" height="5" width="6"></canvas>'); //add it back to the container