diff --git a/static/app/views/seerExplorer/components/drawer/explorerDrawerContent.tsx b/static/app/views/seerExplorer/components/drawer/explorerDrawerContent.tsx
index 8c305b8060fd52..51df328645c2e7 100644
--- a/static/app/views/seerExplorer/components/drawer/explorerDrawerContent.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/seerExplorer/components/drawer/explorerDrawerContent.tsx
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ export function ExplorerDrawerContent({
     errorStatusCode,
     isTimedOut,
     sendMessage,
-    startNewSession,
-    switchToRun,
+    startNewSession: startNewSessionBase,
+    switchToRun: switchToRunBase,
     respondToUserInput,
     createPR,
     interruptRun,
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ export function ExplorerDrawerContent({
     setOverrideCodeModeEnable,
   } = useSeerExplorer();
 
+  const clearInput = () => setInputValue('');
+  const startNewSession = () => startNewSessionBase({onSuccess: clearInput});
+  const switchToRun = (newRunId: number | null) =>
+    switchToRunBase(newRunId, {onSuccess: clearInput});
+
   const readOnly =
     sessionData?.owner_user_id !== undefined &&
     sessionData.owner_user_id !== null &&
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ export function ExplorerDrawerContent({
 
   // Menu component
   const {menu, closeMenu, openPRWidget} = useExplorerMenu({
-    clearInput: () => setInputValue(''),
+    clearInput,
     inputValue,
     focusInput,
     textAreaRef: textareaRef,
diff --git a/static/app/views/seerExplorer/hooks/useSeerExplorer.tsx b/static/app/views/seerExplorer/hooks/useSeerExplorer.tsx
index 0ea1d19f5b8620..b09ae6c216bfe0 100644
--- a/static/app/views/seerExplorer/hooks/useSeerExplorer.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/seerExplorer/hooks/useSeerExplorer.tsx
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ export const useSeerExplorer = () => {
 
   /** Switches to a different run and fetches its latest state. */
   const switchToRun = useCallback(
-    (newRunId: number | null) => {
+    (newRunId: number | null, {onSuccess}: {onSuccess?: () => void} = {}) => {
       if (newRunId === runId) {
         return;
       }
@@ -404,12 +404,19 @@ export const useSeerExplorer = () => {
           queryKey: makeSeerExplorerQueryKey(orgSlug, newRunId),
         });
       }
+
+      onSuccess?.();
     },
     [orgSlug, queryClient, runId, setRunId]
   );
 
   /** Resets the hook state. The session isn't actually created until the user sends a message. */
-  const startNewSession = useCallback(() => switchToRun(null), [switchToRun]);
+  const startNewSession = useCallback(
+    ({onSuccess}: {onSuccess?: () => void} = {}) => {
+      switchToRun(null, {onSuccess});
+    },
+    [switchToRun]
+  );
 
   const sendMessage = useCallback(
     (query: string, explicitInsertIndex?: number, explicitRunId?: number | null) => {