diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-needles-shave.md b/.changeset/spicy-needles-shave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..123aebd98ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-needles-shave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@aws-amplify/ui-react": patch
+---
+
+Refocus `SearchField` input field on clear button click
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useComposeRefsCallback.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useComposeRefsCallback.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e96a07bed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useComposeRefsCallback.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import { useComposeRefsCallback } from '../useComposeRefsCallback';
+
+const externalRef = React.createRef<HTMLInputElement>();
+const internalRef = React.createRef<HTMLInputElement>();
+
+let externalRefCallbackNode: HTMLInputElement;
+const externalRefCallback = (node: HTMLInputElement) => {
+  externalRefCallbackNode = node;
+};
+
+describe('useComposeRefsCallback', () => {
+  it('should compose both internal RefObject and external RefObject', () => {
+    const callback = renderHook(() =>
+      useComposeRefsCallback({ externalRef, internalRef })
+    );
+
+    const inputNode = document.createElement('input');
+    callback.result.current(inputNode);
+
+    expect(internalRef.current).toBe(inputNode);
+    expect(externalRef.current).toBe(inputNode);
+  });
+
+  it('should compose both internal RefObject and external callback', () => {
+    const callback = renderHook(() =>
+      useComposeRefsCallback({ externalRef: externalRefCallback, internalRef })
+    );
+
+    const inputNode = document.createElement('input');
+    callback.result.current(inputNode);
+
+    expect(internalRef.current).toBe(inputNode);
+    expect(externalRefCallbackNode).toBe(inputNode);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useComposeRefsCallback.tsx b/packages/react/src/hooks/useComposeRefsCallback.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aa88ff0236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useComposeRefsCallback.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+export interface UseComposeRefsCallbackProps<RefType> {
+  externalRef: React.ForwardedRef<RefType>;
+  internalRef: React.MutableRefObject<RefType>;
+}
+
+export type UseComposeRefsCallbackReturn<RefType> = (node: RefType) => void;
+
+/**
+ *  Creates ref callback to compose together external and internal refs
+ */
+export const useComposeRefsCallback = <RefType,>({
+  externalRef,
+  internalRef,
+}: UseComposeRefsCallbackProps<RefType>): UseComposeRefsCallbackReturn<RefType> => {
+  return React.useCallback((node) => {
+    // Handle callback ref
+    if (typeof externalRef === 'function') {
+      externalRef(node);
+    } else if (externalRef != null) {
+      externalRef.current = node;
+    }
+
+    internalRef.current = node;
+  }, []);
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/SearchField.tsx b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/SearchField.tsx
index b388b63217e..f73c1aae3d6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/SearchField.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/SearchField.tsx
@@ -3,74 +3,11 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { ComponentClassNames } from '../shared/constants';
 import { FieldClearButton } from '../Field';
-import { isFunction, strHasLength } from '../shared/utils';
+import { strHasLength } from '../shared/utils';
 import { SearchFieldButton } from './SearchFieldButton';
 import { SearchFieldProps, Primitive } from '../types';
 import { TextField } from '../TextField';
-
-const ESCAPE_KEY = 'Escape';
-const ENTER_KEY = 'Enter';
-const DEFAULT_KEYS = [ESCAPE_KEY, ENTER_KEY];
-
-export const useSearchField = ({
-  onSubmit,
-  onClear,
-}: Partial<SearchFieldProps>) => {
-  const [value, setValue] = React.useState<string>('');
-
-  const onClearHandler = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setValue('');
-
-    if (isFunction(onClear)) {
-      onClear();
-    }
-  }, [setValue, onClear]);
-
-  const onSubmitHandler = React.useCallback(
-    (value: string) => {
-      if (isFunction(onSubmit)) {
-        onSubmit(value);
-      }
-    },
-    [onSubmit]
-  );
-
-  const onKeyDown = React.useCallback(
-    (event) => {
-      const key = event.key;
-
-      if (DEFAULT_KEYS.includes(key)) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-      }
-
-      if (key === ESCAPE_KEY) {
-        onClearHandler();
-      } else if (key === ENTER_KEY) {
-        onSubmitHandler(value);
-      }
-    },
-    [value, onClearHandler, onSubmitHandler]
-  );
-
-  const onInput = React.useCallback(
-    (event) => {
-      setValue(event.target.value);
-    },
-    [setValue]
-  );
-
-  const onClick = React.useCallback(() => {
-    onSubmitHandler(value);
-  }, [onSubmitHandler, value]);
-
-  return {
-    value,
-    onClearHandler,
-    onKeyDown,
-    onInput,
-    onClick,
-  };
-};
+import { useSearchField } from './useSearchField';
 
 const SearchFieldPrimitive: Primitive<SearchFieldProps, 'input'> = (
   {
@@ -86,9 +23,8 @@ const SearchFieldPrimitive: Primitive<SearchFieldProps, 'input'> = (
   },
   ref
 ) => {
-  const { value, onClearHandler, onInput, onKeyDown, onClick } = useSearchField(
-    { onSubmit, onClear }
-  );
+  const { value, onClearHandler, onInput, onKeyDown, onClick, composedRefs } =
+    useSearchField({ onSubmit, onClear, externalRef: ref });
 
   return (
     <TextField
@@ -115,7 +51,7 @@ const SearchFieldPrimitive: Primitive<SearchFieldProps, 'input'> = (
           size={size}
         />
       }
-      ref={ref}
+      ref={composedRefs}
       size={size}
       value={value}
       {...rest}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/__tests__/SearchField.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/__tests__/SearchField.test.tsx
index 70f7568a633..798d022ac86 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/__tests__/SearchField.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/__tests__/SearchField.test.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ describe('SearchField component', () => {
     expect(searchButtonRef.current.nodeName).toBe('BUTTON');
   });
 
+  it('should forward callback ref to DOM element', async () => {
+    let ref: HTMLInputElement;
+
+    const setRef = (node) => (ref = node);
+
+    render(
+      <SearchField
+        className="custom-class"
+        label={label}
+        name="q"
+        ref={setRef}
+        testId={testId}
+      />
+    );
+
+    await screen.findByRole('button');
+
+    expect(ref.nodeName).toBe('INPUT');
+  });
+
   it('should be text input type', async () => {
     render(<SearchField label={label} name="q" />);
 
@@ -137,7 +157,7 @@ describe('SearchField component', () => {
   });
 
   describe(' - clear button', () => {
-    it('should clear text when clicked', async () => {
+    it('should clear text and refocus input when clicked', async () => {
       render(<SearchField label={label} name="q" />);
 
       const searchField = (await screen.findByLabelText(
@@ -150,6 +170,7 @@ describe('SearchField component', () => {
       expect(searchField).toHaveValue(searchQuery);
       userEvent.click(clearButton);
       expect(searchField).toHaveValue('');
+      expect(searchField).toHaveFocus();
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/useSearchField.tsx b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/useSearchField.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08f6beb88c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/SearchField/useSearchField.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { isFunction } from '../shared/utils';
+import { UseSearchFieldProps } from '../types';
+import { useComposeRefsCallback } from '../../hooks/useComposeRefsCallback';
+
+const ESCAPE_KEY = 'Escape';
+const ENTER_KEY = 'Enter';
+const DEFAULT_KEYS = new Set([ESCAPE_KEY, ENTER_KEY]);
+
+export const useSearchField = ({
+  onSubmit,
+  onClear,
+  externalRef,
+}: UseSearchFieldProps) => {
+  const [value, setValue] = React.useState<string>('');
+  const internalRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const composedRefs = useComposeRefsCallback({ externalRef, internalRef });
+
+  const onClearHandler = React.useCallback(() => {
+    setValue('');
+    internalRef?.current?.focus();
+    if (isFunction(onClear)) {
+      onClear();
+    }
+  }, [setValue, onClear]);
+
+  const onSubmitHandler = React.useCallback(
+    (value: string) => {
+      if (isFunction(onSubmit)) {
+        onSubmit(value);
+      }
+    },
+    [onSubmit]
+  );
+
+  const onKeyDown = React.useCallback(
+    (event) => {
+      const { key } = event;
+
+      if (!DEFAULT_KEYS.has(key)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+
+      if (key === ESCAPE_KEY) {
+        onClearHandler();
+      } else if (key === ENTER_KEY) {
+        onSubmitHandler(value);
+      }
+    },
+    [value, onClearHandler, onSubmitHandler]
+  );
+
+  const onInput = React.useCallback(
+    (event) => {
+      setValue(event.target.value);
+    },
+    [setValue]
+  );
+
+  const onClick = React.useCallback(() => {
+    onSubmitHandler(value);
+  }, [onSubmitHandler, value]);
+
+  return {
+    value,
+    onClearHandler,
+    onKeyDown,
+    onInput,
+    onClick,
+    composedRefs,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/primitives/types/searchField.ts b/packages/react/src/primitives/types/searchField.ts
index 4f4e44a888c..4b11a2751e3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/primitives/types/searchField.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/primitives/types/searchField.ts
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ export interface SearchFieldProps extends TextInputFieldProps {
 
 export interface SearchFieldButtonProps
   extends Partial<FieldGroupIconButtonProps> {}
+
+export type UseSearchFieldProps = Partial<SearchFieldProps> & {
+  externalRef?: React.ForwardedRef<HTMLInputElement>;
+};