diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
index 21a5ed72e0b845f3c0f40ba03a4da3ecc6c7a3a8..86db3ba9f71a2bdfaa38aa81611835bdc20d0ea3 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
@@ -220,3 +220,11 @@ void QmlObjectListModel::_childDirtyChanged(bool dirty)
     // signal to know when a child has changed dirty state
     emit dirtyChanged(_dirty);
 }
+
+void QmlObjectListModel::deleteListAndContents(void)
+{
+    for (int i=0; i<_objectList.count(); i++) {
+        _objectList[i]->deleteLater();
+    }
+    deleteLater();
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
index 8e64d0f49b167ddf07254f3935f36721783c7576..9a5d4f60f458fe05654d4aa8cf1e1fef2399e116 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public:
     int indexOf(QObject* object) { return _objectList.indexOf(object); }
     template<class T> T value(int index) { return qobject_cast<T>(_objectList[index]); }
 
+    /// Calls deleteLater on all items and this itself.
+    void deleteListAndContents(void);
+
 signals:
     void countChanged(int count);
     void dirtyChanged(bool dirtyChanged);