diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/tab_manager.ts b/apps/client/src/components/tab_manager.ts
index 71a7d77bd..03b9d98d6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/tab_manager.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/tab_manager.ts
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
                 $autocompleteEl.autocomplete("close");
             }
 
+            // close dangling tooltips
+            $("body > div.tooltip").remove();
+
             const noteContextsToRemove = noteContextToRemove.getSubContexts();
             const ntxIdsToRemove = noteContextsToRemove.map((nc) => nc.ntxId);