diff --git a/docs/src/pages/vue-components/select.md b/docs/src/pages/vue-components/select.md
index f4b3b8396e2..de70f0068e6 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/vue-components/select.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/vue-components/select.md
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ When QSelect is focused:
- pressing SHIFT + TAB will navigate backwards through the QChips (if a QChip is selected TAB will navigate forward through the QChips)
- pressing ENTER when a QChip is selected will remove that option from the selection
- pressing BACKSPACE will remove the last option from the selection (when `use-input` is set the input should be empty)
+ - pressing BACKSPACE when `clearable` is set then:
+ - it clears the model (with `null` value) for single selection
+ - it removes the last added value for multiple selection
- pressing TAB (or SHIFT + TAB if `use-chips` is not set or the first QChip is selected) will navigate to the next or previous focusable element on page
- typing text (0 - 9 or A - Z) if `use-input` is not set will:
- create a search buffer (will be reset when a new key is not typed for 1.5 seconds) that will be used to search in the options labels
diff --git a/ui/src/components/select/QSelect.js b/ui/src/components/select/QSelect.js
index d27c26c8d98..10afb09bf22 100755
--- a/ui/src/components/select/QSelect.js
+++ b/ui/src/components/select/QSelect.js
@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@ export default createComponent({
// backspace
if (
e.keyCode === 8
+ && (
+ props.useChips === true
+ || props.clearable === true
+ )
&& props.hideSelected !== true
&& inputValue.value.length === 0
) {