diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/neamar/kiss/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/neamar/kiss/MainActivity.java
index a0b96ac46..c3cd84776 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/neamar/kiss/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/neamar/kiss/MainActivity.java
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ public void onBackPressed() {
             // (which means pressing back in minimalistic mode with history displayed
             // will hide history again)
             searchEditText.setText("");
+            searchEditText.setCursorVisible(false);
         }
 
         // Calling super.onBackPressed() will quit the launcher, only do this if KISS is not the user's default home.
@@ -890,6 +891,7 @@ public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
 
     public void showKeyboard() {
         searchEditText.requestFocus();
+        searchEditText.setCursorVisible(true);
         InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
         assert mgr != null;
         mgr.showSoftInput(searchEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
@@ -910,6 +912,7 @@ public void hideKeyboard() {
         systemUiVisibilityHelper.onKeyboardVisibilityChanged(false);
         dismissPopup();
 
+        searchEditText.setCursorVisible(false);
         searchEditText.clearFocus();
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/main.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/main.xml
index 8dded0288..7d74f0372 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/main.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/main.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
             android:layout_toEndOf="@id/leftHandSideButtonsWrapper"
             android:layout_toRightOf="@id/leftHandSideButtonsWrapper"
             android:background="@android:color/transparent"
+            android:cursorVisible="false"
             android:hint="@string/ui_search_hint"
             android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi|actionSearch"
             android:importantForAutofill="no"