From aace20dcdbe79a3a144b8113daf5d1445fd9dc9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Golen <tgolen@expensify.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:56:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update IOURequestStepConfirmation.js

---
 src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepConfirmation.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepConfirmation.js b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepConfirmation.js
index 60b3276e941e..cb90103c6ffc 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepConfirmation.js
+++ b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepConfirmation.js
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ function IOURequestStepConfirmation({
         // If there is not a report attached to the IOU with a reportID, then the participants were manually selected and the user needs taken
         // back to the participants step
         if (!transaction.participantsAutoAssigned) {
+            // When going back to the participants step, if the iou is a "request" (not a split), then the participants need to be cleared from the
+            // transaction so that the participant can be selected again.
+            if (iouType === CONST.IOU.TYPE.REQUEST) {
+                IOU.setMoneyRequestParticipants_temporaryForRefactor(transactionID, []);
+            }
             Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.MONEY_REQUEST_STEP_PARTICIPANTS.getRoute(iouType, transactionID, reportID));
             return;
         }