diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/DBDeltaChart.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/DBDeltaChart.tsx
index 61865a360..ba8899c72 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/DBDeltaChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/DBDeltaChart.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Filter,
 } from '@hyperdx/common-utils/dist/types';
 import {
+  ActionIcon,
   Box,
   Code,
   Container,
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ import {
   Flex,
   Pagination,
   Text,
+  Tooltip,
 } from '@mantine/core';
 import { useElementSize } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import { IconX } from '@tabler/icons-react';
 
 import { isAggregateFunction } from '@/ChartUtils';
 import { useQueriedChartConfig } from '@/hooks/useChartConfig';
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ export default function DBDeltaChart({
   yMin: rawYMin,
   yMax: rawYMax,
   onAddFilter,
+  onClearSelection,
   spanIdExpression,
   legendPrefix,
 }: {
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ export default function DBDeltaChart({
   yMin?: number | null;
   yMax?: number | null;
   onAddFilter?: AddFilterFn;
+  onClearSelection?: () => void;
   spanIdExpression?: string;
   legendPrefix?: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
@@ -516,6 +521,19 @@ export default function DBDeltaChart({
                 Background
               </Text>
             </Flex>
+            {onClearSelection && (
+              <Tooltip label="Clear selection">
+                <ActionIcon
+                  variant="subtle"
+                  size="sm"
+                  color="gray"
+                  onClick={onClearSelection}
+                  aria-label="Clear selection"
+                >
+                  <IconX size={14} />
+                </ActionIcon>
+              </Tooltip>
+            )}
           </>
         ) : (
           <>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/DBHeatmapChart.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/DBHeatmapChart.tsx
index bad724eb8..256aa90b5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/DBHeatmapChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/DBHeatmapChart.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';
 import type { Plugin } from 'uplot';
 import uPlot from 'uplot';
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ function HeatmapContainer({
   config,
   enabled = true,
   onFilter,
+  clearSelectionVersion = 0,
   title,
   toolbarPrefix,
   toolbarSuffix,
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ function HeatmapContainer({
   config: HeatmapChartConfig;
   enabled?: boolean;
   onFilter?: (xMin: number, xMax: number, yMin: number, yMax: number) => void;
+  clearSelectionVersion?: number;
   title?: React.ReactNode;
   toolbarPrefix?: React.ReactNode[];
   toolbarSuffix?: React.ReactNode[];
@@ -661,6 +663,7 @@ function HeatmapContainer({
           key={JSON.stringify(config)}
           data={[time, bucket, count]}
           numberFormat={config.numberFormat}
+          clearSelectionVersion={clearSelectionVersion}
           onFilter={
             onFilter
               ? (xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax) => {
@@ -791,12 +794,14 @@ function Heatmap({
   data,
   numberFormat,
   onFilter,
+  clearSelectionVersion = 0,
   scaleType = 'linear',
   palette,
 }: {
   data: Mode2DataArray;
   numberFormat?: NumberFormat;
   onFilter?: (xMin: number, xMax: number, yMin: number, yMax: number) => void;
+  clearSelectionVersion?: number;
   scaleType?: HeatmapScaleType;
   palette: string[];
 }) {
@@ -834,9 +839,21 @@ function Heatmap({
   // Gate tooltip display on actual mouse interaction. uPlot fires setCursor
   // on init (before user hovers), which would show the tooltip on page load.
   const mouseInsideRef = useRef(false);
+  const uplotRef = useRef<uPlot | null>(null);
 
   const { ref, width, height } = useElementSize();
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSelectingInfo(undefined);
+    if (uplotRef.current != null) {
+      // Clear persisted uPlot drag rectangle when parent resets selection.
+      uplotRef.current.setSelect(
+        { left: 0, top: 0, width: 0, height: 0 },
+        false,
+      );
+    }
+  }, [clearSelectionVersion]);
+
   const tickFormatter = useCallback(
     (value: number) => {
       // y-values are stored in log space for log scale; exponentiate back
@@ -1048,6 +1065,12 @@ function Heatmap({
         // @ts-expect-error TODO: uPlot types are wrong for mode 2 data
         data={[[], data]}
         resetScales={true}
+        onCreate={chart => {
+          uplotRef.current = chart;
+        }}
+        onDelete={() => {
+          uplotRef.current = null;
+        }}
       />
       {highlightedPoint != null && (
         <>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/Search/DBSearchHeatmapChart.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/Search/DBSearchHeatmapChart.tsx
index 9c5db111d..97bc1d403 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/Search/DBSearchHeatmapChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/Search/DBSearchHeatmapChart.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export function DBSearchHeatmapChart({
     yMax: parseAsFloat,
   });
   const [container, setContainer] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+  const [clearSelectionVersion, setClearSelectionVersion] = useState(0);
   const scaleType = (fields.scaleType ?? 'log') as HeatmapScaleType;
   const setScaleType = useCallback(
     (v: HeatmapScaleType) => {
@@ -80,16 +81,21 @@ export function DBSearchHeatmapChart({
   const { colorScheme } = useMantineColorScheme();
   const palette = colorScheme === 'light' ? lightPalette : darkPalette;
 
+  const clearSelection = useCallback(() => {
+    setFields({ xMin: null, xMax: null, yMin: null, yMax: null });
+    setClearSelectionVersion(version => version + 1);
+  }, [setFields]);
+
   // After applying a filter, clear the heatmap selection so the delta chart
   // resets instead of staying in comparison mode.
   const handleAddFilterAndClearSelection = useCallback<
     NonNullable<AddFilterFn>
   >(
     (property, value, action) => {
-      setFields({ xMin: null, xMax: null, yMin: null, yMax: null });
+      clearSelection();
       onAddFilter?.(property, value, action);
     },
-    [onAddFilter, setFields],
+    [clearSelection, onAddFilter],
   );
 
   return (
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ export function DBSearchHeatmapChart({
                 : undefined,
           }}
           enabled={isReady}
+          clearSelectionVersion={clearSelectionVersion}
           scaleType={scaleType}
           onFilter={(xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax) => {
             setFields({ xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax });
@@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ export function DBSearchHeatmapChart({
           onAddFilter={
             onAddFilter ? handleAddFilterAndClearSelection : undefined
           }
+          onClearSelection={clearSelection}
           spanIdExpression={source.spanIdExpression}
           legendPrefix={<ColorLegend colors={palette} />}
         />