diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.h b/src/views/dolphinview.h
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.h
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.h
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@
     void updateViewState();
 
     void hideToolTip();
+    void hideToolTipInstantly();
 
     /**
      * Calculates the number of currently shown files into
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@
         break;
 
     case QEvent::KeyPress:
+        hideToolTipInstantly();
         if (GeneralSettings::useTabForSwitchingSplitView()) {
             QKeyEvent* keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
             if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Tab && keyEvent->modifiers() == Qt::NoModifier) {
@@ -1423,6 +1424,15 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+void DolphinView::hideToolTipInstantly()
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+    if (GeneralSettings::showToolTips()) {
+        m_toolTipManager->hideToolTip(ToolTipManager::HideBehavior::Instantly);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 void DolphinView::calculateItemCount(int& fileCount,
                                      int& folderCount,
                                      KIO::filesize_t& totalFileSize) const
diff --git a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.h b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.h
--- a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.h
+++ b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.h
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
+    enum class HideBehavior {
+        Instantly,
+        Later
+    };
+
     explicit ToolTipManager(QWidget* parent);
     ~ToolTipManager() override;
 
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@
     /**
      * Hides the currently shown tooltip.
      */
-    void hideToolTip();
+    void hideToolTip(HideBehavior behavior = HideBehavior::Later);
 
 signals:
     /**
diff --git a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
--- a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     Q_ASSERT(!m_metaDataRequested);
 }
 
-void ToolTipManager::hideToolTip()
+void ToolTipManager::hideToolTip(HideBehavior behavior)
 {
     if (m_appliedWaitCursor) {
         QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@
     m_showToolTipTimer->stop();
     m_contentRetrievalTimer->stop();
     if (m_tooltipWidget) {
-        m_tooltipWidget->hideLater();
+        switch (behavior) {
+        case HideBehavior::Instantly:
+            m_tooltipWidget->hide();
+            break;
+        case HideBehavior::Later:
+            m_tooltipWidget->hideLater();
+            break;
+        }
     }
 }