diff --git a/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.Story.svelte b/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.Story.svelte
index 250ebdb6..376fe6e8 100644
--- a/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.Story.svelte
+++ b/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.Story.svelte
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   import FileUploaderDropContainer from './FileUploaderDropContainer.svelte';
   import FileUploaderSkeleton from './FileUploader.Skeleton.svelte';
 
+  let fileUploader = undefined;
   let files = [];
 
   $: disabled = files.length === 0;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     {:else if story === 'uploader'}
       <div class={cx('--file__container')}>
         <FileUploader
+          bind:this={fileUploader}
           {...$$props}
           bind:files
           on:add={({ detail }) => {
@@ -50,9 +52,7 @@
           size="small"
           style="margin-top: 1rem"
           {disabled}
-          on:click={() => {
-            files = [];
-          }}>
+          on:click={fileUploader.clearFiles}>
           Clear File{files.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}
         </Button>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.svelte b/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.svelte
index 94d33574..61ae76d9 100644
--- a/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.svelte
+++ b/src/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   let className = undefined;
   export { className as class };
   export let files = [];
+  export const clearFiles = () => (files = []);
   export let name = '';
   export let labelDescription = '';
   export let labelTitle = '';
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
   export let accept = [];
   export let style = undefined;
 
-  import { createEventDispatcher } from 'svelte';
+  import { createEventDispatcher, afterUpdate } from 'svelte';
   import { cx } from '../../lib';
   import Filename from './Filename.svelte';
   import FileUploaderButton from './FileUploaderButton.svelte';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 
   let prevFiles = [];
 
-  $: {
+  afterUpdate(() => {
     if (files.length > prevFiles.length) {
       dispatch('add', files);
     } else {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
     }
 
     prevFiles = [...files];
-  }
+  });
 </script>
 
 <div on:click on:mouseover on:mouseenter on:mouseleave class={cx('--form-item', className)} {style}>