diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
index 7f0677af7bc..248ebe485b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ void QmlProfilerClientManager::clearConnection()
     stopConnectionTimer();
 }
 
+void QmlProfilerClientManager::clearEvents()
+{
+    if (m_qmlclientplugin)
+        m_qmlclientplugin->clearEvents();
+}
+
 void QmlProfilerClientManager::clearBufferedData()
 {
     if (m_qmlclientplugin)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
index c64429abc70..15af88bbc2d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
     void connectToServer(const QUrl &server);
     void clearConnection();
 
+    void clearEvents();
     void clearBufferedData();
     bool isConnected() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
index 7c85817841e..687ad50db56 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
@@ -691,9 +691,8 @@ QmlProfilerModelManager::State QmlProfilerModelManager::state() const
     return d->state;
 }
 
-void QmlProfilerModelManager::clear()
+void QmlProfilerModelManager::doClearEvents()
 {
-    setState(ClearingData);
     d->numLoadedEvents = 0;
     d->numFinishedFinalizers = 0;
     d->file.remove();
@@ -702,13 +701,25 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::clear()
         d->eventStream.setDevice(&d->file);
     else
         emit error(tr("Cannot open temporary trace file to store events."));
-    d->eventTypes.clear();
-    d->detailsRewriter->clear();
     d->traceTime->clear();
     d->notesModel->clear();
     setVisibleFeatures(0);
     setRecordedFeatures(0);
+}
 
+void QmlProfilerModelManager::clearEvents()
+{
+    setState(ClearingData);
+    doClearEvents();
+    setState(Empty);
+}
+
+void QmlProfilerModelManager::clear()
+{
+    setState(ClearingData);
+    doClearEvents();
+    d->eventTypes.clear();
+    d->detailsRewriter->clear();
     setState(Empty);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
index f09537667e5..b0ecd6ddcb4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public:
 
     static const char *featureName(ProfileFeature feature);
 
+    void clearEvents();
     void clear();
     void restrictToRange(qint64 startTime, qint64 endTime);
     bool isRestrictedToRange() const;
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ signals:
 private:
     void setState(State state);
     void detailsChanged(int typeId, const QString &newString);
+    void doClearEvents();
 
     class QmlProfilerModelManagerPrivate;
     QmlProfilerModelManagerPrivate *d;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
index 9966b2132d8..3b4f48aaa36 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void QmlProfilerTool::recordingButtonChanged(bool recording)
         if (checkForUnsavedNotes()) {
             if (!d->m_profilerModelManager->aggregateTraces() ||
                     d->m_profilerModelManager->state() == QmlProfilerModelManager::Done)
-                clearData(); // clear before the recording starts, unless we aggregate recordings
+                clearEvents(); // clear before the recording starts, unless we aggregate recordings
             if (d->m_profilerState->clientRecording())
                 d->m_profilerState->setClientRecording(false);
             d->m_profilerState->setClientRecording(true);
@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@ void QmlProfilerTool::showTimeLineSearch()
     Core::Find::openFindToolBar(Core::Find::FindForwardDirection);
 }
 
+void QmlProfilerTool::clearEvents()
+{
+    d->m_profilerModelManager->clearEvents();
+    d->m_profilerConnections->clearEvents();
+    setRecordedFeatures(0);
+}
+
 void QmlProfilerTool::clearData()
 {
     d->m_profilerModelManager->clear();
@@ -859,7 +866,7 @@ void QmlProfilerTool::serverRecordingChanged()
             d->m_recordingElapsedTime.start();
             if (!d->m_profilerModelManager->aggregateTraces() ||
                     d->m_profilerModelManager->state() == QmlProfilerModelManager::Done)
-                clearData();
+                clearEvents();
             d->m_profilerModelManager->startAcquiring();
         } else {
             d->m_recordingTimer.stop();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
index 4b784dfe8e1..334e51aeed2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public:
     void gotoSourceLocation(const QString &fileUrl, int lineNumber, int columnNumber);
 
 private:
+    void clearEvents();
     void clearData();
     void showErrorDialog(const QString &error);
     void profilerDataModelStateChanged();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.cpp
index 6bf359c9242..93fea88900d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.cpp
@@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ QmlProfilerTraceClient::~QmlProfilerTraceClient()
     delete d;
 }
 
-void QmlProfilerTraceClient::clearData()
+void QmlProfilerTraceClient::clearEvents()
 {
-    d->eventTypeIds.clear();
     d->rangesInProgress.clear();
     d->pendingDebugMessages.clear();
     if (d->recordedFeatures != 0) {
@@ -225,6 +224,13 @@ void QmlProfilerTraceClient::clearData()
     emit cleared();
 }
 
+void QmlProfilerTraceClient::clearData()
+{
+    d->eventTypeIds.clear();
+    d->serverTypeIds.clear();
+    clearEvents();
+}
+
 void QmlProfilerTraceClient::sendRecordingStatus(int engineId)
 {
     d->sendRecordingStatus(engineId);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.h
index b0f17c97893..6aa877d060a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceclient.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
     virtual void messageReceived(const QByteArray &) override;
     virtual void stateChanged(State status) override;
 
+    void clearEvents();
     void clearData();
     void sendRecordingStatus(int engineId = -1);
     void setRequestedFeatures(quint64 features);