diff --git a/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/index.tsx b/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/index.tsx
index 299a6036..32893e29 100644
--- a/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/index.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent = <
 ): Instance<T> & { readonly searchableMultiSelectChildren: Introspection } => {
   const InputComponent = createInputComponent<string, null>(
     (value) => value,
-    (value) => value.trim() || undefined,
+    (value) => value.trim(),
     {
       ...controlStyle,
       blurredInvalid: {
diff --git a/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/unit.tsx b/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/unit.tsx
index d9d27278..f7f8c74c 100644
--- a/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/unit.tsx
+++ b/components/createSearchableMultiSelectComponent/createSearchableMultiSelectChildrenComponent/unit.tsx
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ test(`renders as expected without a filter`, () => {
     `Example Text`
   );
 
-  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(undefined);
+  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(``);
   expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(`   \n     \r     \t    `)).toEqual(
-    undefined
+    ``
   );
   expect(
     inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(
@@ -1577,9 +1577,9 @@ test(`renders as expected without horizontal padding`, () => {
     `Example Text`
   );
 
-  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(undefined);
+  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(``);
   expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(`   \n     \r     \t    `)).toEqual(
-    undefined
+    ``
   );
   expect(
     inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(
@@ -1949,9 +1949,9 @@ test(`renders as expected without vertical padding`, () => {
     `Example Text`
   );
 
-  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(undefined);
+  expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(``)).toEqual(``);
   expect(inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(`   \n     \r     \t    `)).toEqual(
-    undefined
+    ``
   );
   expect(
     inputType.inputComponent.tryParse(