diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities_internal.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities_internal.js
index 7010ee2096..7b67532742 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities_internal.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities_internal.js
@@ -2431,6 +2431,12 @@ Zotero.Utilities.Internal = {
 		let nodeStack = targetNode ? [targetNode] : null;
 		let textContent = '';
 
+		// Inserting text with ASCII control character as innerHTML (e.g., in tabBar.jsx) can cause
+		// an error, so filter out control characters 0-31 and character 127 DEL
+		//
+		// https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/118779/special-characters-in-item-title-breaks-the-tab-bar
+		title = title.replace(/[\x00-\x1F\x7F]/g, '');
+
 		for (let token of title.split(/(<[^>]+>)/)) {
 			if (this._titleMarkup.hasOwnProperty(token)) {
 				let markup = this._titleMarkup[token];