diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
index 858fc307e..19e5967e6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
@@ -110,13 +110,14 @@ export class NotesState {
     }
   }
 
-  async selectNote(uuid: UuidString): Promise<void> {
+  async selectNote(uuid: UuidString, userTriggered?: boolean): Promise<void> {
     const note = this.application.findItem(uuid) as SNNote;
 
     if (note) {
       if (
-        this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Meta) ||
-        this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Ctrl)
+        userTriggered &&
+        (this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Meta) ||
+          this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Ctrl))
       ) {
         if (this.selectedNotes[uuid]) {
           delete this.selectedNotes[uuid];
@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ export class NotesState {
             this.lastSelectedNote = note;
           });
         }
-      } else if (this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Shift)) {
+      } else if (
+        userTriggered &&
+        this.io.activeModifiers.has(KeyboardModifier.Shift)
+      ) {
         await this.selectNotesRange(note);
       } else {
         const shouldSelectNote =
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
index 3bf428d6d..c30554557 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
           ng-attr-id='note-{{note.uuid}}'
           ng-repeat='note in self.state.renderedNotes track by note.uuid'
           ng-class="{'selected' : self.isNoteSelected(note.uuid) }"
-          ng-click='self.selectNote(note)'
+          ng-click='self.selectNote(note, true)'
         )
           .note-flags(ng-show='self.noteFlags[note.uuid].length > 0')
             .flag(ng-class='flag.class', ng-repeat='flag in self.noteFlags[note.uuid]')
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes_view.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes_view.ts
index 2b9e3d204..bee234060 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes_view.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes_view.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class NotesViewCtrl extends PureViewCtrl<unknown, NotesCtrlState> {
   private async openNotesContextMenu(e: MouseEvent, note: SNNote) {
     e.preventDefault();
     if (!this.state.selectedNotes[note.uuid]) {
-      await this.selectNote(note);
+      await this.selectNote(note, true);
     }
     if (this.state.selectedNotes[note.uuid]) {
       const { clientHeight } = document.documentElement;
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ class NotesViewCtrl extends PureViewCtrl<unknown, NotesCtrlState> {
     }
   }
 
-  async selectNote(note: SNNote): Promise<void> {
-    await this.appState.notes.selectNote(note.uuid);
+  async selectNote(note: SNNote, userTriggered?: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    await this.appState.notes.selectNote(note.uuid, userTriggered);
   }
 
   async createNewNote() {