From 22cfe4391eb804073a6f3ad0e4b43ea1109d303a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 10:09:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove history file after clearing it (#4069)

---
 crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
index 59d5fa4e09..6981522279 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ pub fn cli(
             LineResult::ClearHistory => {
                 if options.save_history {
                     rl.clear_history();
-                    let _ = rl.append_history(&history_path);
+                    std::fs::remove_file(&history_path)?;
                 }
             }