diff --git a/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.js b/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.js
index 0ea8cb53..9105b4c2 100644
--- a/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.js
+++ b/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.js
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 import toMatchElement from './toMatchElement'
 
+async function selectAll(element) {
+  // modified from https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/849#issuecomment-587983363
+  await element.evaluate((elementHandle) => {
+    if (elementHandle.setSelectionRange) {
+      try {
+        elementHandle.setSelectionRange(0, elementHandle.value.length)
+      } catch (e) {
+        // setSelectionRange throws an error for inputs: number/date/time/etc
+        // we can just focus them and the content will be selected
+        elementHandle.focus()
+      }
+    } else if (window.getSelection && document.createRange) {
+      const range = document.createRange()
+      range.selectNodeContents(elementHandle)
+
+      const selection = window.getSelection()
+      if (selection) {
+        selection.removeAllRanges()
+        selection.addRange(range)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 async function toFill(instance, selector, value, options) {
   const { delay, ...toMatchElementOptions } = options || {}
   const element = await toMatchElement(
@@ -7,7 +31,7 @@ async function toFill(instance, selector, value, options) {
     selector,
     toMatchElementOptions,
   )
-  await element.click({ clickCount: 3 })
+  await selectAll(element)
   await element.press('Backspace')
   await element.type(value, {
     delay,
diff --git a/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.test.js b/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.test.js
index 6887df54..de3aae0c 100644
--- a/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.test.js
+++ b/packages/expect-puppeteer/src/matchers/toFill.test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@ describe('toFill', () => {
       expect(value).toBe('')
     })
 
+    fit('should fill textarea', async () => {
+      await expect(page).toFill(
+        '[name="notes"]',
+        'These are \n multiline \n notes',
+      )
+      const value = await page.evaluate(
+        () => document.querySelector('[name="notes"]').value,
+      )
+      expect(value).toBe('These are \n multiline \n notes')
+    })
+
+    fit('should empty the textarea given an empty string', async () => {
+      await expect(page).toFill(
+        '[name="notes"]',
+        'These are \n multiline \n notes',
+      )
+      await expect(page).toFill('[name="notes"]', '')
+      const value = await page.evaluate(
+        () => document.querySelector('[name="notes"]').value,
+      )
+      expect(value).toBe('')
+    })
+
     it('should return an error if text is not in the page', async () => {
       expect.assertions(2)
 
diff --git a/server/public/index.html b/server/public/index.html
index 7cd6b65f..dee63720 100644
--- a/server/public/index.html
+++ b/server/public/index.html
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   <form>
     <input name="firstName" />
     <input name="lastName" />
+    <textarea name="notes"></textarea>
   </form>
   <button id="dialog-btn" onclick="window.confirm('Bouh!')">Open dialog</button>
   <main>
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@
   </main>
 </body>
 
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>