diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
index 0d92b4ea4..2913af38f 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
@@ -522,4 +522,16 @@ export class FileWorkloadComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnInit, On
         });
         return listItemsMap;
     }
+
+    @HostListener('click', ['$event'])
+    clickInsideWorkloadView($event: MouseEvent) {
+        $event?.stopPropagation();
+    }
+
+    @HostListener('document: click')
+    clickOutsideWorkloadView() {
+        if (this.multiSelectService.active()) {
+            this.multiSelectService.deactivate();
+        }
+    }
 }
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 958ee18f9..48df7cec0 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
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnIni
 
     ngOnDestroy() {
         this.pdf.instance.UI.hotkeys.off('esc');
+        this.pdf.instance.UI.iframeWindow.document.removeEventListener('click', this.handleViewerClick);
         super.ngOnDestroy();
     }
 
@@ -331,6 +332,15 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnIni
         }
     }
 
+    @Bind()
+    handleViewerClick() {
+        this._ngZone.run(() => {
+            if (this._multiSelectService.active()) {
+                this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     async ngOnAttach(previousRoute: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
         if (!this.state.file().canBeOpened) {
             return this.#navigateToDossier();
@@ -361,6 +371,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnIni
         this.#restoreOldFilters();
         this.pdf.instance.UI.hotkeys.on('esc', this.handleEscInsideViewer);
         this._viewerHeaderService.resetLayers();
+        this.pdf.instance.UI.iframeWindow.document.addEventListener('click', this.handleViewerClick);
     }
 
     openManualAnnotationDialog(manualRedactionEntryWrapper: ManualRedactionEntryWrapper) {