Resettable

The Jotai core doesn't support resettable atoms. But you can create those with helper functions from jotai/utils.

Primitive resettable atom with atomWithReset / useResetAtom

import { useAtom } from 'jotai'
import { atomWithReset, useResetAtom } from 'jotai/utils'

const todoListAtom = atomWithReset([{ description: 'Add a todo', checked: false }])

const TodoList = () => {
  const [todoList, setTodoList] = useAtom(todoListAtom)
  const resetTodoList = useResetAtom(todoListAtom)

  return (
    <>
      <ul>
        {todoList.map((todo) => (
          <li>{todo.description}</li>
        ))}
      </ul>

      <button
        onClick={() =>
          setTodoList((l) => [
            ...l,
            {
              description: `New todo ${new Date().toDateString()}`,
              checked: false,
            },
          ])
        }
      >
        Add todo
      </button>
      <button onClick={resetTodoList}>Reset</button>
    </>
  )
}

Examples

Derived atom with RESET symbol

import { atom, useAtom } from 'jotai'
import { atomWithReset, useResetAtom, RESET } from 'jotai/utils'

const dollarsAtom = atomWithReset(0)
const centsAtom = atom(
  (get) => get(dollarsAtom) * 100,
  (get, set, newValue: number | typeof RESET) =>
    set(dollarsAtom, newValue === RESET ? newValue : newValue / 100)
)

const ResetExample: React.FC = () => {
  const [dollars] = useAtom(dollarsAtom)
  const setCents = useUpdateAtom(centsAtom)
  const resetCents = useResetAtom(centsAtom)

  return (
    <>
      <h3>Current balance ${dollars}</h3>
      <button onClick={() => setCents(100)}>Set $1</button>
      <button onClick={() => setCents(200)}>Set $2</button>
      <button onClick={resetCents}>Reset</button>
    </>
  )
}

Examples