diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/correspondent-list/correspondent-list.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/correspondent-list/correspondent-list.component.html
index c1ed6649d..f0d89b0bc 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/correspondent-list/correspondent-list.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/correspondent-list/correspondent-list.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <div class="col-md mb-2 mb-xl-0">
     <div class="form-inline d-flex align-items-center">
       <label class="text-muted me-2 mb-0" i18n>Filter by:</label>
-      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
+      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" autofocus [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" (keyup)="onNameFilterKeyUp($event)" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/document-type-list/document-type-list.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/document-type-list/document-type-list.component.html
index cef938e43..77e488c55 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/document-type-list/document-type-list.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/document-type-list/document-type-list.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <div class="col-md mb-2 mb-xl-0">
     <div class="form-inline d-flex align-items-center">
       <label class="text-muted me-2 mb-0" i18n>Filter by:</label>
-      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
+      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" autofocus [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" (keyup)="onNameFilterKeyUp($event)" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/generic-list/generic-list.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/generic-list/generic-list.component.ts
index 00b2d91b1..fdfe699b4 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/generic-list/generic-list.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/generic-list/generic-list.component.ts
@@ -125,4 +125,8 @@ export abstract class GenericListComponent<T extends ObjectWithId> implements On
   set nameFilter(nameFilter: string) {
     this.nameFilterDebounce.next(nameFilter)
   }
+  
+  onNameFilterKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    if (event.code == 'Escape') this.nameFilterDebounce.next(null)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tag-list/tag-list.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tag-list/tag-list.component.html
index e6870dffd..3ca89a37f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tag-list/tag-list.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tag-list/tag-list.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <div class="col-md mb-2 mb-xl-0">
     <div class="form-inline d-flex align-items-center">
       <label class="text-muted me-2 mb-0" i18n>Filter by:</label>
-      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
+      <input class="form-control form-control-sm flex-fill w-auto" type="text" autofocus [(ngModel)]="nameFilter" (keyup)="onNameFilterKeyUp($event)" placeholder="Name" i18n-placeholder>
     </div>
   </div>