diff --git a/web/styles/inbox.css b/web/styles/inbox.css
index be51bd132f..43ca2e005b 100644
--- a/web/styles/inbox.css
+++ b/web/styles/inbox.css
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
             }
 
             .inbox-header {
+                user-select: none;
                 display: block;
                 height: 30px;
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@
             }
 
             .inbox-row {
+                user-select: none;
                 display: block;
                 background-color: var(--color-background-inbox-row);
 
diff --git a/web/templates/inbox_view/inbox_view.hbs b/web/templates/inbox_view/inbox_view.hbs
index f31431dbd5..ae8b46c041 100644
--- a/web/templates/inbox_view/inbox_view.hbs
+++ b/web/templates/inbox_view/inbox_view.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="inbox-main" class="no-select">
+<div id="inbox-main">
     <div class="search_group" id="inbox-filters" role="group">
         {{> ../dropdown_widget widget_name="inbox-filter"}}
         <i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-search-inbox"></i>