diff --git a/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx b/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
index 2335549af2..9e34067fb8 100644
--- a/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
+++ b/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
@@ -599,9 +599,14 @@ export function SearchScreen(
   )
 
   const onSoftReset = React.useCallback(() => {
-    scrollToTopWeb()
-    onPressCancelSearch()
-  }, [onPressCancelSearch])
+    if (isWeb) {
+      // Empty params resets the URL to be /search rather than /search?q=
+      navigation.replace('Search', {})
+    } else {
+      setSearchText('')
+      navigation.setParams({q: ''})
+    }
+  }, [navigation])
 
   useFocusEffect(
     React.useCallback(() => {