1---
2category: Reactivity
3alias: autoResetRef
4---
5 
6# refAutoReset
7 
8A ref which will be reset to the default value after some time.
9 
10## Usage
11 
12```ts
13import { refAutoReset } from '@vueuse/core'
14 
15const message = refAutoReset('default message', 1000)
16 
17function setMessage() {
18  // here the value will change to 'message has set' but after 1000ms, it will change to 'default message'
19  message.value = 'message has set'
20}
21```
22 
23::: info
24You can reassign the entire object to trigger updates after making deep mutations to the inner value.
25 
26[Learn more about shallow refs →](https://vuejs.org/api/reactivity-advanced#shallowref)
27:::
28 
29## Type Declarations
30 
31```ts
32export type RefAutoResetReturn<T = any> = Ref<T>
33/**
34 * Create a ref which will be reset to the default value after some time.
35 *
36 * @see https://vueuse.org/refAutoReset
37 * @param defaultValue The value which will be set.
38 * @param afterMs      A zero-or-greater delay in milliseconds.
39 */
40export declare function refAutoReset<T>(
41  defaultValue: MaybeRefOrGetter<T>,
42  afterMs?: MaybeRefOrGetter<number>,
43): RefAutoResetReturn<T>
44/** @deprecated use `refAutoReset` instead */
45export declare const autoResetRef: typeof refAutoReset
46```
47