diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/newChatView.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/newChatView.tsx
index c04670b3f..31b746695 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/newChatView.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/newChatView.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export default function ChatView({
 
     if (finalChatHistory.length === 0 && !lockChat && chatInputNode)
       setChatValue(chatInputNode.data.node.template["input_value"].value ?? "");
+    else setChatValue("");
 
     setChatHistory(finalChatHistory);
   }, [flowPool, messages, visibleSession]);