diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/boardIdSelected.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/boardIdSelected.ts
index 9388bab722..e236141416 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/boardIdSelected.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/boardIdSelected.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isAnyOf } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { AppStartListening } from 'app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware';
-import { boardIdSelected, galleryViewChanged, imageSelected } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
+import { boardIdSelected, galleryViewChanged, imageSelected, selectionChanged } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
 import { ASSETS_CATEGORIES, IMAGE_CATEGORIES } from 'features/gallery/store/types';
 import { imagesApi } from 'services/api/endpoints/images';
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export const addBoardIdSelectedListener = (startAppListening: AppStartListening)
 
       const queryArgs = { board_id: board_id ?? 'none', categories };
 
+      dispatch(selectionChanged([]))
+
       // wait until the board has some images - maybe it already has some from a previous fetch
       // must use getState() to ensure we do not have stale state
       const isSuccess = await condition(