diff --git a/server/.claude/skills/run-server/driver.py b/server/.claude/skills/run-server/driver.py
index b45ba9d..0aeadb9 100644
--- a/server/.claude/skills/run-server/driver.py
+++ b/server/.claude/skills/run-server/driver.py
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ page = browser.new_page(viewport={"width": 1280, "height": 900})
 console_errors: list[str] = []
 page.on("console", lambda msg: console_errors.append(msg.text) if msg.type == "error" else None)
 page.on("pageerror", lambda exc: console_errors.append(str(exc)))
+# Playwright auto-DISMISSES native confirm()/alert() dialogs by default
+# (returns false) -- several destructive actions in this app (remove
+# widget, clear all widgets) gate on `confirm()`, so without this a
+# `click` on one of those buttons would silently no-op. Auto-accept
+# instead, since a driver testing a "yes, do the destructive thing"
+# flow needs the confirm to actually go through.
+page.on("dialog", lambda dialog: dialog.accept())
 
 
 def cmd_nav(arg):
diff --git a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
index 1ff548d..8a179c7 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
@@ -222,6 +222,19 @@ def api_widget_delete(
     return {"status": "deleted"}
 
 
+@router.delete("/api/frames/{frame_id}/widgets")
+def api_widgets_clear(frame: Frame = Depends(require_frame_control), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    """The Layout tab's "Clear all" button -- same per-widget cascade as
+    api_widget_delete, just every widget on this frame in one locked
+    transaction instead of one request per widget."""
+    with frame_locked(db, frame.id):
+        widgets = db.scalars(select(Widget).where(Widget.frame_id == frame.id)).all()
+        for widget in widgets:
+            db.delete(widget)
+        db.commit()
+    return {"status": "cleared", "count": len(widgets)}
+
+
 # --- Per-widget-type config save (the gear-icon dialog's Save button) --------
 
 @router.post("/api/frames/{frame_id}/widgets/{widget_id}/config")
diff --git a/server/app/static/frame_layout.js b/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
index a836f56..fe15fc6 100644
--- a/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
+++ b/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
@@ -160,6 +160,23 @@ async function removeWidget(id) {
   }
 }
 
+async function clearAllWidgets() {
+  const count = gridState ? gridState.widgets.length : 0;
+  if (!count) return;
+  const noun = count === 1 ? 'widget' : 'widgets';
+  if (!confirm(`Remove all ${count} ${noun} from this frame and start over? Their settings will be lost.`)) return;
+  try {
+    const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/widgets`, { method: 'DELETE' });
+    if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
+    showStatus(true, 'Cleared.');
+  } catch (e) {
+    showStatus(false, e.message);
+  } finally {
+    loadWidgets();
+  }
+}
+document.getElementById('clear-all-widgets').addEventListener('click', clearAllWidgets);
+
 async function addWidget(widgetType) {
   try {
     const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/widgets`, {
@@ -180,6 +197,7 @@ function renderCanvas() {
   const canvas = document.getElementById('widget-canvas');
   canvas.innerHTML = '';
   document.getElementById('widget-canvas-empty-hint').style.display = gridState.widgets.length ? 'none' : '';
+  document.getElementById('clear-all-widgets').disabled = !gridState.widgets.length;
 
   for (const widget of gridState.widgets) {
     const box = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/server/app/static/theme.css b/server/app/static/theme.css
index 4741103..3c3a24e 100644
--- a/server/app/static/theme.css
+++ b/server/app/static/theme.css
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ h2.card-title, summary.card-title {
 summary.card-title { cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0; }
 details.card[open] summary.card-title { margin-bottom: 14px; }
 details.card .sub { margin-top: 8px; }
+.card-title-row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 14px; }
+.card-title-row .card-title { margin-bottom: 0; }
 
 .palette-table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; margin-top: 14px; }
 .palette-table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; }
@@ -312,6 +314,7 @@ button {
 }
 button:hover { background: var(--accent-hover); }
 button:active { transform: translateY(1px); }
+button:disabled { opacity: 0.5; cursor: default; pointer-events: none; }
 button.btn-inline {
   margin-top: 0;
   padding: 3px 10px;
@@ -514,7 +517,12 @@ code {
 }
 .main-col, .side-col { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
 @media (max-width: 860px) {
-  .layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+  /* minmax(0, 1fr), not bare 1fr -- bare 1fr is minmax(auto, 1fr), whose
+     "auto" minimum lets the track (and everything in it) grow to fit its
+     widest descendant's min-content size instead of actually shrinking
+     to the viewport, causing page-wide horizontal overflow/scroll on
+     narrow screens. Same fix the desktop rule above already applies. */
+  .layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }
 }
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /* App shell: left sidebar (frame list + account nav) + main content. */
diff --git a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
index 132a410..5414b85 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   <div class="layout">
     <div class="main-col">
       <section class="card">
-        <h2 class="card-title">Widgets</h2>
+        <div class="card-title-row">
+          <h2 class="card-title">Widgets</h2>
+          <button type="button" id="clear-all-widgets" class="secondary btn-inline">Clear all</button>
+        </div>
         <p class="sub">Drag a widget to move it, drag its bottom-right corner
           to resize it -- like arranging widgets on a phone's home screen.
           Widgets can't overlap. Click a widget's gear icon for its own
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widget_placement.py b/server/tests/test_widget_placement.py
index 1b36162..2f1cde0 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_widget_placement.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_widget_placement.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from app.models import Frame, FrameButtonAction, Widget
 
-from .conftest import csrf_headers
+from .conftest import csrf_headers, link_user, login, make_user
 
 
 def _widget_id(db_session, widget_type="photos") -> int:
@@ -162,6 +162,64 @@ def test_delete_unknown_widget_404s(client, db_session):
     assert resp.status_code == 404
 
 
+def test_clear_all_removes_every_widget_and_cascades_button_actions(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    photos_id = _shrink_default_widget(client, db_session, w=4, h=5)
+    create_resp = client.post("/api/frames/1/widgets", json={"widget_type": "whiteboard"},
+                              headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert create_resp.status_code == 200, create_resp.text
+    db_session.add(FrameButtonAction(frame_id=1, button="next", widget_id=photos_id, action="advance", sort_order=0))
+    db_session.commit()
+
+    resp = client.delete("/api/frames/1/widgets", headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    assert resp.json() == {"status": "cleared", "count": 2}
+
+    assert db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1).all() == []
+    assert db_session.query(FrameButtonAction).filter_by(frame_id=1).all() == []
+
+    list_resp = client.get("/api/frames/1/widgets")
+    assert list_resp.json()["widgets"] == []
+
+
+def test_clear_all_on_an_already_empty_frame_is_a_no_op(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    widget_id = _widget_id(db_session)
+    client.delete(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget_id}", headers=csrf_headers(client))
+
+    resp = client.delete("/api/frames/1/widgets", headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json() == {"status": "cleared", "count": 0}
+
+
+def test_clear_all_unrelated_user_404s(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    make_user(db_session, "mallory")
+
+    client.cookies.clear()
+    login(client, "mallory")
+    resp = client.delete("/api/frames/1/widgets", headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 404
+    # Nothing was touched -- alice's widget is still there.
+    assert db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1).count() == 1
+
+
+def test_clear_all_linked_but_not_controlling_user_409s(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    bob = make_user(db_session, "bob")
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    link_user(db_session, bob, frame)
+    # alice (via /setup) already holds control -- bob is linked (can view)
+    # but not the controller.
+
+    client.cookies.clear()
+    login(client, "bob")
+    resp = client.delete("/api/frames/1/widgets", headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 409
+    assert resp.json()["detail"]["error"] == "not_controller"
+    assert db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1).count() == 1
+
+
 def test_widgets_scoped_to_their_own_frame(client, db_session):
     """A widget id from a different frame must 404, not silently operate
     cross-frame -- same posture as photo_widget_config_or_404 and every