I\'ve tried it a few different ways based on searches I\'ve done on the subject and for some reason I can\'t get it to work. I just want my text inputs and textarea to clear
The easiest way would be to set the value of the form element. If you're using jQuery (which I would highly recommend) you can do this easily with
$('#element-id').val('')
For all input elements in the form this may work (i've never tried it)
$('#form-id').children('input').val('')
Note that .children will only find input elements one level down. If you need to find grandchildren or such .find() should work.
There may be a better way however this should work for you.