diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index ca962e762..436f34efb 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
     @Bind()
     handleEscInsideViewer($event: KeyboardEvent) {
         $event.preventDefault();
-        if (this._multiSelectService.active()) {
-            this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
-        }
         if (!!this._annotationManager.selected[0]) {
             const doesHaveWrapper = this._fileDataService.find(this._annotationManager.selected[0]?.Id);
             if (!doesHaveWrapper) {
@@ -327,6 +324,14 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
                 this._annotationManager.deselect(this._annotationManager.selected[0]?.Id);
             }
         }
+
+        if (this._annotationManager.selected.length) {
+            this._annotationManager.deselectAll();
+        }
+
+        if (this._multiSelectService.active()) {
+            this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
+        }
     }
 
     async ngOnAttach(previousRoute: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
@@ -425,9 +430,15 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
                     .find(annotation => annotation.id === this._annotationManager.resizingAnnotationId);
                 this._annotationActionsService.cancelResize(resizedAnnotation).then();
             }
+
+            if (this._annotationManager.selected.length) {
+                this._annotationManager.deselectAll();
+            }
+
             if (this._multiSelectService.active()) {
                 this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
             }
+
             this.fullScreen = false;
             this.closeFullScreen();
             this._changeRef.markForCheck();
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/annotation-manager.service.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/annotation-manager.service.ts
index 8472bdd93..e86b97e7c 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/annotation-manager.service.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/annotation-manager.service.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ export class REDAnnotationManager {
         this.#manager.deselectAnnotations(ann);
     }
 
+    deselectAll() {
+        this.deselect(this.selected.map(annotation => annotation.Id));
+    }
+
     hide(annotations: Annotation[]): void {
         this.#manager.hideAnnotations(annotations);
     }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/pdf-viewer.service.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/pdf-viewer.service.ts
index 09fc4f9a7..a20d160d5 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/pdf-viewer.service.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/services/pdf-viewer.service.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ export class PdfViewer {
         this.#instance.UI.hotkeys.on('esc', {
             keydown: e => {
                 e.preventDefault();
+                this.#clickSelectToolButton();
             },
             keyup: e => {
                 e.preventDefault();