src/nnn.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index af05ca99e2af0b98290f30f3b79c21a09006fac0..16dc527f18c7d555a6d7dc29369bd21540597a0e 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3005,6 +3005,7 @@ 		pos += len + 1;
 		psel += len + 1;
 	}
 
+	clearselection();
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -5963,6 +5964,7 @@ 				) {
 					printwait(messages[MSG_FAILED], &presel);
 					goto nochange;
 				}
+				clearselection();
 				refresh = TRUE;
 				break;
 			case SEL_HELP: