diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedMultiSelect.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedMultiSelect.test.tsx
index 140a55b1e62..abb0a96fc05 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedMultiSelect.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedMultiSelect.test.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,38 @@ describe("PaginatedMultiSelect", () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(""), { timeout: 2000 });
   });
 
+  it("puts the unfiltered page back when a typed query is abandoned by closing", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
+    renderSelect({ onSearchChange });
+
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox");
+    await user.click(input);
+    await user.type(input, "gamma");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith("gamma"), { timeout: 2000 });
+
+    await user.keyboard("{Escape}");
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(""), { timeout: 2000 });
+    expect(input).toHaveValue("");
+  });
+
+  it("puts the unfiltered page back when the popup is dismissed by clicking away", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
+    renderSelect({ onSearchChange });
+
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox");
+    await user.click(input);
+    await user.type(input, "gamma");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith("gamma"), { timeout: 2000 });
+
+    await user.click(document.body);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(""), { timeout: 2000 });
+    expect(input).toHaveValue("");
+  });
+
   it("selects multiple values and reports them cumulatively", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const onValueChange = vi.fn();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
index 310b5363b0b..44eb55bfe88 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
@@ -276,6 +276,29 @@ describe("PaginatedSearchSelect", () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("gamma"));
   });
 
+  it("highlights the picked label on focus so typing starts over", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderSelect({ value: "alias-alpha" });
+
+    await user.tab();
+
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox") as HTMLInputElement;
+    expect(input.selectionStart).toBe(0);
+    expect(input.selectionEnd).toBe("alias-alpha".length);
+  });
+
+  it("takes a paste over the highlighted label wholesale even when it shares a prefix", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
+    renderSelect({ onSearchChange, value: "alias-alpha" });
+
+    await user.tab();
+    await user.paste("alias-alphabet");
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("combobox")).toHaveValue("alias-alphabet");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("alias-alphabet"));
+  });
+
   it("starts a fresh query when typing lands inside the selected label", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
index bb1730941a6..7b991133d12 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
-import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState, type SyntheticEvent } from "react";
 
 import {
   Combobox,
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export function PaginatedSearchSelect({
   "aria-describedby": ariaDescribedBy,
 }: PaginatedSearchSelectProps) {
   const [pickedOption, setPickedOption] = useState<SearchSelectOption | null>(null);
+  const wholeSelectionRef = useRef(false);
+
+  const snapshotWholeSelection = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const input = event.currentTarget;
+    wholeSelectionRef.current =
+      input.value.length > 0 && input.selectionStart === 0 && input.selectionEnd === input.value.length;
+  };
 
   const selected = useMemo<SearchSelectOption | null>(() => {
     if (value === undefined || value === "") return null;
@@ -95,12 +102,14 @@ export function PaginatedSearchSelect({
         setPickedOption(item);
         onValueChange(item?.value ?? "");
       }}
-      onInputValueChange={(next, eventDetails) =>
+      onInputValueChange={(next, eventDetails) => {
+        const replacedWholeInput = wholeSelectionRef.current;
+        wholeSelectionRef.current = false;
         handleInputValueChange(
-          typedQuery === null ? typedInsertion(selected?.label ?? "", next) : next,
+          typedQuery === null && !replacedWholeInput ? typedInsertion(selected?.label ?? "", next) : next,
           eventDetails.reason,
-        )
-      }
+        );
+      }}
       onOpenChange={(nextOpen, eventDetails) => handleOpenChange(nextOpen, eventDetails.reason)}
       isItemEqualToValue={(a: SearchSelectOption, b: SearchSelectOption) => a.value === b.value}
       itemToStringLabel={(item: SearchSelectOption) => item.label}
@@ -111,6 +120,9 @@ export function PaginatedSearchSelect({
         id={inputId}
         aria-invalid={ariaInvalid}
         aria-describedby={ariaDescribedBy}
+        onFocus={(event) => event.currentTarget.select()}
+        onKeyDown={snapshotWholeSelection}
+        onPaste={snapshotWholeSelection}
         placeholder={placeholder}
         showClear={value !== undefined && value !== ""}
         className={`w-full ${className ?? ""}`}