diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
index c37589f63f5..d248cf311cc 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.test.tsx
@@ -361,4 +361,32 @@ describe("PaginatedSearchSelect", () => {
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("combobox"));
     expect(await screen.findByTestId("paginated-search-select-loading-more")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it("queries the trimmed label when a character is deleted from the end of the selection", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
+    renderSelect({ onSearchChange, value: "alias-alpha" });
+
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox") as HTMLInputElement;
+    input.focus();
+    input.setSelectionRange(input.value.length, input.value.length);
+    await user.keyboard("{Backspace}");
+
+    expect(input).toHaveValue("alias-alph");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("alias-alph"));
+  });
+
+  it("queries what is left when a character is deleted from inside the selection", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onSearchChange = vi.fn();
+    renderSelect({ onSearchChange, value: "alias-alpha" });
+
+    const input = screen.getByRole("combobox") as HTMLInputElement;
+    input.focus();
+    input.setSelectionRange(6, 6);
+    await user.keyboard("{Backspace}");
+
+    expect(input).toHaveValue("aliasalpha");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSearchChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("aliasalpha"));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
index 0f25260aad0..4b7ef7401c7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ const typedInsertion = (previous: string, next: string): string => {
   return next.slice(start, next.length - end);
 };
 
+const editedQuery = (label: string, next: string): string => {
+  const inserted = typedInsertion(label, next);
+  return inserted === "" && next !== label ? next : inserted;
+};
+
 export function PaginatedSearchSelect({
   options,
   value,
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ export function PaginatedSearchSelect({
     const replacedWholeInput = wholeSelectionRef.current;
     wholeSelectionRef.current = false;
     handleInputValueChange(
-      typedQuery === null && !replacedWholeInput ? typedInsertion(selected?.label ?? "", next) : next,
+      typedQuery === null && !replacedWholeInput ? editedQuery(selected?.label ?? "", next) : next,
       reason,
     );
   };