Clear Text Selection with JavaScript

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if (window.getSelection) {
  if (window.getSelection().empty) {  // Chrome
    window.getSelection().empty();
  } else if (window.getSelection().removeAllRanges) {  // Firefox
    window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
  }
} else if (document.selection) {  // IE?
  document.selection.empty();
}

Credit to Mr. Y.

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