diff --git wp-admin/css/colors-classic.dev.css wp-admin/css/colors-classic.dev.css
index 26cb708..39abbd2 100644
--- wp-admin/css/colors-classic.dev.css
+++ wp-admin/css/colors-classic.dev.css
@@ -675,12 +675,14 @@ table.widefat span.spam a,
 }
 
 .tagchecklist span a,
-#bulk-titles div a {
+#bulk-titles div a,
+#clear-search {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat;
 }
 
 .tagchecklist span a:hover,
-#bulk-titles div a:hover {
+#bulk-titles div a:hover,
+#clear-search:hover {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat -10px 0;
 }
 
diff --git wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.dev.css wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.dev.css
index 6325917..feac81d 100644
--- wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.dev.css
+++ wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.dev.css
@@ -675,12 +675,14 @@ table.widefat span.spam a,
 }
 
 .tagchecklist span a,
-#bulk-titles div a {
+#bulk-titles div a,
+#clear-search {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat;
 }
 
 .tagchecklist span a:hover,
-#bulk-titles div a:hover {
+#bulk-titles div a:hover,
+#clear-search:hover {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat -10px 0;
 }
 
diff --git wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
index ce194eb..73d4f32 100644
--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
@@ -270,6 +270,30 @@ p.search-box {
 	margin: -5px 0 0;
 }
 
+p.search-box span {
+	display:inline-block;
+	position:relative;
+}
+
+#clear-search {
+	display:none;
+	height:10px;
+	width:10px;
+	text-decoration:none;
+	position:absolute;
+	right:5px;
+	top:7px;
+	text-indent:-999em;
+}
+
+.searching #clear-search {
+	display:block;
+}
+
+.searching input {
+	padding-right:17px;
+}
+
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3.0 - Actions
diff --git wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index 13a688c..b1aefd2 100644
--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -195,11 +195,13 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 			return;
 
 		$input_id = $input_id . '-search-input';
-
 ?>
 <p class="search-box">
 	<label class="screen-reader-text" for="<?php echo $input_id ?>"><?php echo $text; ?>:</label>
-	<input type="text" id="<?php echo $input_id ?>" name="s" value="<?php _admin_search_query(); ?>" />
+	<span<?php echo empty( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ? '' : ' class="searching"'; ?>>
+		<input type="text" id="<?php echo $input_id ?>" name="s" value="<?php _admin_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<a id="clear-search" title="<?php _e( 'Clear search results' ); ?>" class="ntdelbutton" href="<?php echo remove_query_arg( array( 's', 'action', 'action2' ) ); ?>">X</a>
+	</span>
 	<?php submit_button( $text, 'button', false, false, array('id' => 'search-submit') ); ?>
 </p>
 <?php