Abstract: A folding blade for a clearing apparatus with a clearing blade includes a folding bar, a lever mechanism for pivotally mounting the folding bar on a base part of the clearing blade, and a spring element for arrangement between the base part and the lever mechanism, for returning the folding bar to an initial position in which the folding bar forms an extension of a blade plate of the clearing blade. The lever mechanism is designed in such a way that the folding bar is pivotable from the initial position to a retracted position along a first pivoting path by overcoming a spring force of the spring element, and that the folding bar is pivotable from the retracted position to the initial position along a second pivoting path due to the spring force.