diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
index 86db3ba9f71a2bdfaa38aa81611835bdc20d0ea3..507ae0e529d5c2943089857017706b52e2f7a309 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
@@ -228,3 +228,11 @@ void QmlObjectListModel::deleteListAndContents(void)
     }
     deleteLater();
 }
+
+void QmlObjectListModel::clearAndDeleteContents(void)
+{
+    for (int i=0; i<_objectList.count(); i++) {
+        _objectList[i]->deleteLater();
+    }
+    clear();
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
index 9a5d4f60f458fe05654d4aa8cf1e1fef2399e116..ced6e2e15c0f13546d049bac315e3badc5f07aa8 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public:
     /// Calls deleteLater on all items and this itself.
     void deleteListAndContents(void);
 
+    /// Clears the list and calls delete on each entry
+    void clearAndDeleteContents(void);
+
 signals:
     void countChanged(int count);
     void dirtyChanged(bool dirtyChanged);