diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/nodeToolbarComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/nodeToolbarComponent/index.tsx
index f547d0713..a4cf2840f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/nodeToolbarComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/nodeToolbarComponent/index.tsx
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ export default function NodeToolbarComponent({
         break;
       case "disabled":
         break;
+      case "unselect":
+        unselectAll();
+        break;
       case "ungroup":
         takeSnapshot();
         expandGroupNode(
@@ -276,6 +279,10 @@ export default function NodeToolbarComponent({
         event.preventDefault();
         handleSelectChange("update");
       }
+      if (selected && event.key.toUpperCase() === "ESCAPE") {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        handleSelectChange("unselect");
+      }
       if (
         selected &&
         isGroup &&