出于明显的安全原因，您不能设置文件输入的值，甚至是空字符串。

你所要做的就是重置字段所在的表单，或者如果你只想重置包含其他字段的表单的文件输入，使用这个:

function reset_field (e) {
    e.wrap('<form>').parent('form').trigger('reset');
    e.unwrap();
}​

这里有一个例子:http://jsfiddle.net/v2SZJ/1/

在IE8中，为了安全起见，他们将文件上传字段设置为只读。查看IE团队的博客文章:

Historically, the HTML File Upload Control () has been the source of a significant number of information disclosure vulnerabilities. To resolve these issues, two changes were made to the behavior of the control. To block attacks that rely on “stealing” keystrokes to surreptitiously trick the user into typing a local file path into the control, the File Path edit box is now read-only. The user must explicitly select a file for upload using the File Browse dialog. Additionally, the “Include local directory path when uploading files” URLAction has been set to "Disable" for the Internet Zone. This change prevents leakage of potentially sensitive local file-system information to the Internet. For instance, rather than submitting the full path C:\users\ericlaw\documents\secret\image.png, Internet Explorer 8 will now submit only the filename image.png.

文件输入的值是只读的(出于安全原因)。不能通过编程方式使其变为空白(除非调用表单的reset()方法，该方法的范围比该字段更广)。

什么? 在验证函数中

document.onlyform.upload.value="";

假设upload是名称:

<input type="file" name="upload" id="csv_doc"/>

我使用JSP，不确定这是否有区别…

对我来说是可行的，而且我觉得这样简单多了。

我使用了https://github.com/malsup/form/blob/master/jquery.form.js，它有一个名为clearInputs()的函数，它是跨浏览器的，经过良好测试，易于使用，并在需要时处理IE问题和隐藏字段清除。也许这个解决方案有点长，只清除文件输入，但如果你正在处理跨浏览器的文件上传，那么这个解决方案是推荐的。

用法简单:

// Clear all file fields:
$("input:file").clearInputs();

// Clear also hidden fields:
$("input:file").clearInputs(true);

// Clear specific fields:
$("#myfilefield1,#myfilefield2").clearInputs();

/**
 * Clears the selected form elements.
 */
$.fn.clearFields = $.fn.clearInputs = function(includeHidden) {
    var re = /^(?:color|date|datetime|email|month|number|password|range|search|tel|text|time|url|week)$/i; // 'hidden' is not in this list
    return this.each(function() {
        var t = this.type, tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
        if (re.test(t) || tag == 'textarea') {
            this.value = '';
        }
        else if (t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') {
            this.checked = false;
        }
        else if (tag == 'select') {
            this.selectedIndex = -1;
        }
        else if (t == "file") {
            if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
                $(this).replaceWith($(this).clone(true));
            } else {
                $(this).val('');
            }
        }
        else if (includeHidden) {
            // includeHidden can be the value true, or it can be a selector string
            // indicating a special test; for example:
            //  $('#myForm').clearForm('.special:hidden')
            // the above would clean hidden inputs that have the class of 'special'
            if ( (includeHidden === true && /hidden/.test(t)) ||
                 (typeof includeHidden == 'string' && $(this).is(includeHidden)) )
                this.value = '';
        }
    });
};

最后我得出了这个结论:

if($.browser.msie || $.browser.webkit){
  // doesn't work with opera and FF
  $(this).after($(this).clone(true)).remove();  
}else{
  this.setAttribute('type', 'text');
  this.setAttribute('type', 'file'); 
}

也许不是最优雅的解决方案，但据我所知它很有效。