diff --git a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
index 0405cd6a8..133b28292 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ export default class Editor extends Emitter {
   }
 
   setContent(content = {}, emitUpdate = false, parseOptions) {
+    if (!this.view.editable) {
+      return
+    }
+
     const newState = EditorState.create({
       schema: this.state.schema,
       doc: this.createDocument(content, parseOptions),
diff --git a/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js b/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
index 974dc76ac..bf7a97b86 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ test('clear content', () => {
   expect(editor.getHTML()).toEqual('<p></p>')
 })
 
+test('clear content', () => {
+  const editor = new Editor({
+    editable: false,
+    content: '<p>Foo</p>',
+  })
+
+  editor.clearContent()
+
+  expect(editor.getHTML()).toEqual('<p>Foo</p>')
+})
+
 test('init callback', done => {
   const editor = new Editor({
     content: '<p>Foo</p>',