The disclosure discloses an array substrate, a method for controlling the same, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes data lines, a control circuit, a discharge circuit, a control signal terminal and a voltage output circuit; the control circuit is configured to control an operation of the discharge circuit; the voltage output circuit is configured to output a preset voltage signal with a voltage value between grayscale voltage with positive and negative polarities required for the array substrate; and the discharge circuit is configured to be controlled by the control circuit, in a period of time between two adjacent frames of images being displayed, to control the data lines to be electrically connected with the voltage output circuit, and in a period of time of any one frame of image being displayed, to control the data lines to be electrically disconnected with the voltage output circuit.