How do I clear environment variables previously saved with u-boot?
On your kit, try
help env
and look for "env default".
env default [-f] var [...] - [forcibly] reset variable(s) to their default values
That sounds like what you are looking for.
env default -a
does a nonpersistent change, then "printenv" shows the defaults.
To change defaults, you would rebuild your u-boot.bin with changes e.g. to CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS.
To use default vars without removing them from flash execute
env default -a
within u-boot and then execute $bootcmd
. Joe Kul's solution.
To erase the vars from the SPI flash execute
run eraseenv
within u-boot and then reboot.