diff --git a/.changeset/use-different-email-clears-form.md b/.changeset/use-different-email-clears-form.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fa6e176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/use-different-email-clears-form.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'ePDS': patch
+---
+
+"Use different email" on the sign-in code page now clears the email field.
+
+**Affects:** End users
+
+**End users:** clicking **Use different email** on the code-entry page used to take you back to the email form with your previous address still filled in — exactly the opposite of what the button suggests, and forcing you to clear the field manually before you could type a new address. The form now starts empty, with the cursor in the field, so you can just type the new address and continue.
diff --git a/e2e/step-definitions/auth.steps.ts b/e2e/step-definitions/auth.steps.ts
index d0f2a6f5..2e18271c 100644
--- a/e2e/step-definitions/auth.steps.ts
+++ b/e2e/step-definitions/auth.steps.ts
@@ -929,3 +929,14 @@ Then(
     })
   },
 )
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// "Use different email" UX
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Then('the email input is empty and focused', async function (this: EpdsWorld) {
+  const page = getPage(this)
+  const input = page.locator('#email')
+  await expect(input).toHaveValue('', { timeout: 5_000 })
+  await expect(input).toBeFocused({ timeout: 5_000 })
+})
diff --git a/features/passwordless-authentication.feature b/features/passwordless-authentication.feature
index 20edade8..1492e1a9 100644
--- a/features/passwordless-authentication.feature
+++ b/features/passwordless-authentication.feature
@@ -384,6 +384,23 @@ Feature: Passwordless authentication via email OTP
   # programmatically clearing the demo's `oauth_state` cookie just
   # before the OTP submission, which is equivalent to the cookie
   # having lapsed by wall-clock.
+  # The "Use different email" button on the OTP step takes the user
+  # back to the email-entry form so they can sign in with a different
+  # address. The form must be EMPTY when they get there — leaving the
+  # prior email pre-filled is exactly the misleading "looks like the
+  # form remembered me" UX that the button was meant to escape from,
+  # and forces the user to manually clear the field before they can
+  # type their actual email.
+  @email
+  Scenario: "Use different email" returns the user to a clean email form
+    When the demo client initiates an OAuth login
+    Then the browser is redirected to the auth service login page
+    And the login page displays an email input form
+    When the user enters a unique test email and submits
+    Then the login page shows an OTP verification form
+    When the user clicks "Use different email"
+    Then the email input is empty and focused
+
   @email @demo-cookie-expiry @bug-report
   Scenario: Demo client's OAuth cookie has expired by the time of callback — useful error, not generic auth_failed
     When the demo client starts a new OAuth flow with random handle mode
diff --git a/packages/auth-service/src/routes/login-page.ts b/packages/auth-service/src/routes/login-page.ts
index 376b6343..70baa7a0 100644
--- a/packages/auth-service/src/routes/login-page.ts
+++ b/packages/auth-service/src/routes/login-page.ts
@@ -1087,6 +1087,15 @@ export function renderLoginPage(opts: {
         if (termsEl) termsEl.style.display = 'block';
         clearError();
         stopHeartbeat();
+        // Reset the email field — the user clicked "Use different
+        // email" precisely to escape the previous value, so leaving
+        // it pre-filled both wastes a clearing keystroke and looks
+        // like the form remembered them when they wanted a fresh
+        // start. Focus the input so they can start typing
+        // immediately.
+        emailInput.value = '';
+        currentEmail = '';
+        emailInput.focus();
       }
 
       // Send OTP via better-auth