@rherwig, Thanks for your reply. i need to remove only the text("abc" in the above screen shot) . but above logic removes entire filter. Please help me.
You'll have to get the actual Filter for that column using either: Filter filter = ((GridFilters) plugin).getFilter("dataIndex");
or
List<Filter> filterList = ((GridFilters) plugin).getFilterData();
Once you have the actual filter just call the setValue() method with an empty String: filter.setValue("");
~r
PS You may have to play with this a bit but I think this is the path...