How to clear the canvas for redrawing

Question

After experimenting with composite operations and drawing images on the canvas I\'m now trying to remove images and compositing. How do I do this?

I need to clear th

Answer 1

I always use

cxt.fillStyle = "rgb(255, 255, 255)";
cxt.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

For a custom color, and

ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

For making the canvas transparent when clearing