diff --git a/src/fu-pending.c b/src/fu-pending.c
index 5f7ce39ad..6c3b941c3 100644
--- a/src/fu-pending.c
+++ b/src/fu-pending.c
@@ -185,6 +185,35 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+gboolean
+fu_pending_remove_all (FuPending *pending, GError **error)
+{
+	FuPendingPrivate *priv = GET_PRIVATE (pending);
+	char *error_msg = NULL;
+	gint rc;
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (FU_IS_PENDING (pending), FALSE);
+
+	/* lazy load */
+	if (priv->db == NULL) {
+		if (!fu_pending_load (pending, error))
+			return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	/* remove entries */
+	g_debug ("FuPending: removing all devices");
+	rc = sqlite3_exec (priv->db, "DELETE FROM pending;", NULL, NULL, &error_msg);
+	if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+		g_set_error (error,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR_WRITE,
+			     "SQL error: %s", error_msg);
+		sqlite3_free (error_msg);
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 gboolean
 fu_pending_remove_device (FuPending *pending, FwupdResult *res, GError **error)
 {
diff --git a/src/fu-pending.h b/src/fu-pending.h
index 45f5b75dc..fedc73f54 100644
--- a/src/fu-pending.h
+++ b/src/fu-pending.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ gboolean	 fu_pending_set_error_msg		(FuPending	*pending,
 gboolean	 fu_pending_remove_device		(FuPending	*pending,
 							 FwupdResult	*res,
 							 GError		**error);
+gboolean	 fu_pending_remove_all			(FuPending	*pending,
+							 GError		**error);
 FwupdResult	*fu_pending_get_device			(FuPending	*pending,
 							 const gchar	*device_id,
 							 GError		**error);
diff --git a/src/fu-util.c b/src/fu-util.c
index 2839f82a6..998320cb0 100644
--- a/src/fu-util.c
+++ b/src/fu-util.c
@@ -557,6 +557,13 @@ fu_util_clear_results (FuUtilPrivate *priv, gchar **values, GError **error)
 	return fwupd_client_clear_results (priv->client, values[0], NULL, error);
 }
 
+static gboolean
+fu_util_clear_offline (FuUtilPrivate *priv, gchar **values, GError **error)
+{
+	g_autoptr(FuPending) pending = fu_pending_new ();
+	return fu_pending_remove_all (pending, error);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 fu_util_verify_update_all (FuUtilPrivate *priv, GError **error)
 {
@@ -1705,6 +1712,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		     /* TRANSLATORS: command description */
 		     _("Clears the results from the last update"),
 		     fu_util_clear_results);
+	fu_util_add (priv->cmd_array,
+		     "clear-offline",
+		     NULL,
+		     /* TRANSLATORS: command description */
+		     _("Clears any updates scheduled to be updated offline"),
+		     fu_util_clear_offline);
 	fu_util_add (priv->cmd_array,
 		     "get-results",
 		     NULL,