diff --git a/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts b/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
index f36d88968..111147ab7 100644
--- a/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
+++ b/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
          */
         removeChild(view: view.View);
 
+        /**
+         * Removes all views in this layout.
+         */
+        removeChildren();
+
         /**
          * Gets or sets padding style property.
          */
diff --git a/ui/layouts/layout-base.ts b/ui/layouts/layout-base.ts
index 47c0587be..c7ba48a62 100644
--- a/ui/layouts/layout-base.ts
+++ b/ui/layouts/layout-base.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ export class LayoutBase extends view.CustomLayoutView implements definition.Layo
         this._subViews.splice(index, 1);
     }
 
+    public removeChildren() {
+        while (this.getChildrenCount() != 0) {
+            this.removeChild(this._subViews[this.getChildrenCount() - 1]);
+        }
+    }
+
     public _eachChildView(callback: (child: view.View) => boolean) {
         var i;
         var length = this._subViews.length;