diff --git a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
index 65a7bc01..6ecb410a 100644
--- a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
+++ b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ List<String> _toggleableStyleKeys = [
 
 class FleatherController extends ChangeNotifier {
   FleatherController({ParchmentDocument? document, AutoFormats? autoFormats})
-      : document = document ?? ParchmentDocument(),
+      : _document = document ?? ParchmentDocument(),
         _history = HistoryStack.doc(document),
         _autoFormats = autoFormats ?? AutoFormats.fallback(),
         _selection = const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0) {
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ class FleatherController extends ChangeNotifier {
     );
   }
 
-  /// Document managed by this controller.
-  final ParchmentDocument document;
+  ParchmentDocument _document;
+
+  /// Doument managed by this controller.
+  ParchmentDocument get document => _document;
 
   // A list of changes applied to this doc. The changes could be undone or redone.
-  final HistoryStack _history;
+  HistoryStack _history;
 
-  late final _Throttled<Delta> _throttledPush;
+  late _Throttled<Delta> _throttledPush;
   Timer? _throttleTimer;
 
   // The auto format handler
@@ -311,6 +313,32 @@ class FleatherController extends ChangeNotifier {
       composing: TextRange.empty,
     );
   }
+
+  /// Clear the controller state.
+  ///
+  /// It creates a new empty [ParchmentDocument] and a clean edit history.
+  /// The old [document] will be closed if [closeDocument] is true.
+  ///
+  /// Calling this will notify all the listeners of this [FleatherController]
+  /// that they need to update (it calls [notifyListeners]). For this reason,
+  /// this method should only be called between frames, e.g. in response to user
+  /// actions, not during the build, layout, or paint phases.
+  void clear({bool closeDocument = true}) {
+    _throttleTimer?.cancel();
+    _toggledStyles = ParchmentStyle();
+    _selection = const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0);
+    _autoFormats.cancelActive();
+    if (closeDocument) {
+      document.close();
+    }
+    _document = ParchmentDocument();
+    _history = HistoryStack.doc(document);
+    _throttledPush = _throttle(
+      duration: throttleDuration,
+      function: _history.push,
+    );
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
 }
 
 // This duration was chosen as a best fit for the behavior of Mac, Linux,
diff --git a/packages/fleather/test/widgets/controller_test.dart b/packages/fleather/test/widgets/controller_test.dart
index 8f8c5bc3..b62c9691 100644
--- a/packages/fleather/test/widgets/controller_test.dart
+++ b/packages/fleather/test/widgets/controller_test.dart
@@ -274,6 +274,50 @@ void main() {
       // expect(controller.lastChangeSource, ChangeSource.local);
     });
 
+    group('clear', () {
+      test('closes the document by default', () {
+        fakeAsync((async) {
+          final doc = controller.document;
+          controller.compose(Delta()..insert('word'),
+              selection: const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 4));
+          async.flushTimers();
+          var notified = false;
+          controller.addListener(() => notified = true);
+          controller.clear();
+          expect(identical(controller.document, doc), isFalse);
+          expect(controller.document.toDelta(), Delta()..insert('\n'));
+          expect(doc.isClosed, isTrue);
+          expect(
+              controller.selection, const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0));
+          expect(controller.canUndo, isFalse);
+          expect(controller.canRedo, isFalse);
+          expect(controller.toggledStyles, ParchmentStyle());
+          expect(notified, isTrue);
+        });
+      });
+
+      test('closeDocument is false', () {
+        fakeAsync((async) {
+          final doc = controller.document;
+          controller.compose(Delta()..insert('word'),
+              selection: const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 4));
+          async.flushTimers();
+          var notified = false;
+          controller.addListener(() => notified = true);
+          controller.clear(closeDocument: false);
+          expect(identical(controller.document, doc), isFalse);
+          expect(controller.document.toDelta(), Delta()..insert('\n'));
+          expect(doc.isClosed, isFalse);
+          expect(
+              controller.selection, const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0));
+          expect(controller.canUndo, isFalse);
+          expect(controller.canRedo, isFalse);
+          expect(controller.toggledStyles, ParchmentStyle());
+          expect(notified, isTrue);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     group('history', () {
       group('empty stack', () {
         test('undo returns null', () {