diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
index 9447d68ab..7a346eb60 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class SearchTest {
 
     @Test
     fun searchScreenItemsTest() {
-        homeScreen { }.dismissOnboarding()
-
         homeScreen {
         }.openSearch {
             verifySearchView()
@@ -41,8 +39,6 @@ class SearchTest {
     @Ignore("This test cannot run on virtual devices due to camera permissions being required")
     @Test
     fun scanButtonTest() {
-        homeScreen { }.dismissOnboarding()
-
         homeScreen {
         }.openSearch {
             clickScanButton()
@@ -54,13 +50,11 @@ class SearchTest {
 
     @Test
     fun shortcutButtonTest() {
-        homeScreen { }.dismissOnboarding()
-
         homeScreen {
         }.openSearch {
             verifySearchWithText()
             clickDuckDuckGoEngineButton()
-            typeSearch()
+            typeSearch("mozilla")
             verifyDuckDuckGoResults()
             clickDuckDuckGoResult()
             verifyDuckDuckGoURL()
@@ -69,8 +63,6 @@ class SearchTest {
 
     @Test
     fun shortcutSearchEngineSettingsTest() {
-        homeScreen { }.dismissOnboarding()
-
         homeScreen {
         }.openSearch {
             scrollToSearchEngineSettings()
@@ -78,4 +70,14 @@ class SearchTest {
             verifySearchEngineSettings()
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun clearSearchTest() {
+        homeScreen {
+        }.openSearch {
+            typeSearch("test")
+            clickClearButton()
+            verifySearchBarEmpty()
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
index f0842fec4..a78b40ba8 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class SearchRobot {
     fun verifyDuckDuckGoResults() = assertDuckDuckGoResults()
     fun verifyDuckDuckGoURL() = assertDuckDuckGoURL()
     fun verifySearchEngineSettings() = assertSearchEngineSettings()
+    fun verifySearchBarEmpty() = assertSearchBarEmpty()
 
     fun clickScanButton() {
         scanButton().perform(click())
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ class SearchRobot {
         shortcutsButton().perform(click())
     }
 
-    fun typeSearch() {
-        browserToolbarEditView().perform(typeText("Mozilla"))
+    fun typeSearch(searchTerm: String) {
+        browserToolbarEditView().perform(typeText(searchTerm))
     }
 
     fun clickDuckDuckGoEngineButton() {
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ class SearchRobot {
         onView(withText("Search engine settings")).perform(click())
     }
 
+    fun clickClearButton() {
+        clearButton().perform(click())
+    }
+
     class Transition {
         val mDevice = UiDevice.getInstance(InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation())
 
@@ -124,6 +129,8 @@ private fun shortcutsButton(): ViewInteraction {
     return onView(withId(R.id.searchShortcutsButton))
 }
 
+private fun clearButton() = onView(withId(R.id.mozac_browser_toolbar_clear_view))
+
 private fun assertDuckDuckGoURL() {
     onView(allOf(withText(startsWith("https://duckduckgo.com"))))
         .check(matches(ViewMatchers.withEffectiveVisibility(ViewMatchers.Visibility.VISIBLE)))
@@ -158,6 +165,8 @@ private fun assertSearchEngineSettings() =
     onView(allOf(withText("Search engine")))
         .check(matches(ViewMatchers.withEffectiveVisibility(ViewMatchers.Visibility.VISIBLE)))
 
+private fun assertSearchBarEmpty() = browserToolbarEditView().check(matches(withText("")))
+
 fun searchScreen(interact: SearchRobot.() -> Unit): SearchRobot.Transition {
     SearchRobot().interact()
     return SearchRobot.Transition()