diff --git a/IPython/kernel/task.py b/IPython/kernel/task.py
index 924d052..f9e6064 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/task.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/task.py
@@ -808,9 +808,11 @@ class ITaskController(cs.IControllerBase):
         return the number of tasks with each status.
         """
     
-    def clear():
+    def clear(taskids=None):
         """
-        Clear all previously run tasks from the task controller.
+        Clear previously run tasks from the task controller.
+        
+        If no ids specified, clear all.
         
         This is needed because the task controller keep all task results
         in memory.  This can be a problem is there are many completed
@@ -1053,9 +1055,13 @@ class TaskController(cs.ControllerAdapterBase):
         if taskid in self.abortPending:
             self._doAbort(taskid)
             aborted = True
-        
         if not aborted:
             if not success:
+                if isinstance(result,error.TaskRejectError):
+                    log.msg("Task %i dependencies unmet by worker %i"%(taskid, workerid))
+                    
+                    return
+                
                 log.msg("Task %i failed on worker %i"% (taskid, workerid))
                 if task.retries > 0: # resubmit
                     task.retries -= 1
@@ -1100,7 +1106,7 @@ class TaskController(cs.ControllerAdapterBase):
             self.scheduler.add_worker(self.workers[workerid])
             self.distributeTasks()
     
-    def clear(self):
+    def clear(self,taskids=None):
         """
         Clear all previously run tasks from the task controller.
         
@@ -1109,8 +1115,28 @@ class TaskController(cs.ControllerAdapterBase):
         tasks.  Users should call this periodically to clean out these
         cached task results.
         """
-        self.finishedResults = {}
-        return defer.succeed(None)
+        before = len(self.finishedResults)
+        failed = []
+        if taskids is None:
+            log.msg("Clearing all results")
+            self.finishedResults = {}
+        else:
+            if isinstance(taskids, int):
+                taskids = [taskids]
+            if len(taskids) > 0:
+                log.msg("Clearing results: %i et al."%(taskids[0]))
+            for i in taskids:
+                if self.finishedResults.has_key(i):
+                    self.finishedResults.pop(i)
+                else:
+                    failed.append(i)
+        after = len(self.finishedResults)
+        log.msg("Cleared %i results"%(before-after))
+        if failed:
+            fails = ", ".join(map(str, failed))
+            return defer.fail(KeyError("Cleared %i results, but no tasks found for ids: %s"%(before-after, fails)))
+        else:
+            return defer.succeed(before-after)
         
     
 components.registerAdapter(TaskController, cs.IControllerBase, ITaskController)
diff --git a/IPython/kernel/taskclient.py b/IPython/kernel/taskclient.py
index 69225fb..f98d9dd 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/taskclient.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/taskclient.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class BlockingTaskClient(object):
         """
         return blockingCallFromThread(self.task_controller.queue_status, verbose)
     
-    def clear(self):
+    def clear(self,taskids=None):
         """
         Clear all previously run tasks from the task controller.
         
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class BlockingTaskClient(object):
         tasks.  Users should call this periodically to clean out these
         cached task results.
         """
-        return blockingCallFromThread(self.task_controller.clear)
+        return blockingCallFromThread(self.task_controller.clear, taskids)
     
     def map(self, func, *sequences):
         """
diff --git a/IPython/kernel/taskfc.py b/IPython/kernel/taskfc.py
index c559f64..e308f9b 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/taskfc.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/taskfc.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class IFCTaskController(Interface):
     def remote_queue_status(verbose):
         """"""
     
-    def remote_clear():
+    def remote_clear(taskids=None):
         """"""
 
 
@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ class FCTaskControllerFromTaskController(Referenceable):
         d.addErrback(self.packageFailure)
         return d
     
-    def remote_clear(self):
-        return self.taskController.clear()
+    def remote_clear(self,taskids=None):
+        d = self.taskController.clear(taskids)
+        d.addCallback(self.packageSuccess)
+        d.addErrback(self.packageFailure)
+        return d
     
     def remote_get_client_name(self):
         return 'IPython.kernel.taskfc.FCTaskClient'
@@ -279,16 +282,24 @@ class FCTaskClient(object):
         d.addCallback(self.unpackage)
         return d
     
-    def clear(self):
+    def clear(self,taskids=None):
         """
-        Clear all previously run tasks from the task controller.
+        Clear previously run tasks from the task controller.
+        :Parameters:
+            taskids : list, tuple, None
+                A sequence of taskids whose results we should drop.
+                if None: clear all results
+        
+        :Returns:
+            An int, the number of tasks cleared
         
         This is needed because the task controller keep all task results
         in memory.  This can be a problem is there are many completed
         tasks.  Users should call this periodically to clean out these
         cached task results.
         """
-        d = self.remote_reference.callRemote('clear')
+        d = self.remote_reference.callRemote('clear', taskids)
+        d.addCallback(self.unpackage)
         return d
     
     def adapt_to_blocking_client(self):