diff --git a/src/app/grammar-view.coffee b/src/app/grammar-view.coffee
index 2108392b6..bd0b73251 100644
--- a/src/app/grammar-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/grammar-view.coffee
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ class GrammarView extends SelectList
     grammars.unshift(@autoDetect)
     @setArray(grammars)
 
-  cancelled: ->
-    @miniEditor.setText('')
-
   confirmed: (grammar) ->
     @cancel()
     if grammar is @autoDetect
diff --git a/src/app/select-list.coffee b/src/app/select-list.coffee
index 868171b7a..020aaf734 100644
--- a/src/app/select-list.coffee
+++ b/src/app/select-list.coffee
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ class SelectList extends View
   restoreFocus: ->
     @previouslyFocusedElement?.focus()
 
+  cancelled: ->
+    @miniEditor.setText('')
+
   cancel: ->
     @list.empty()
     @cancelling = true
diff --git a/src/packages/autocomplete/src/autocomplete-view.coffee b/src/packages/autocomplete/src/autocomplete-view.coffee
index 7f94875d4..1e071ccf3 100644
--- a/src/packages/autocomplete/src/autocomplete-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/autocomplete/src/autocomplete-view.coffee
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ class AutocompleteView extends SelectList
     @editor.setCursorBufferPosition([position.row, position.column + match.suffix.length])
 
   cancelled: ->
+    super
+
     @editor.abort()
     @editor.setSelectedBufferRange(@originalSelectionBufferRange)
-
-    @miniEditor.setText('')
     @editor.rootView()?.focus() if @miniEditor.isFocused
 
   attach: ->
diff --git a/src/packages/command-palette/src/command-palette-view.coffee b/src/packages/command-palette/src/command-palette-view.coffee
index 874e7bbcd..d723afa54 100644
--- a/src/packages/command-palette/src/command-palette-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/command-palette/src/command-palette-view.coffee
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class CommandPaletteView extends SelectList
 
     @setArray(events)
     @appendTo(@rootView)
-    @miniEditor.setText('')
     @miniEditor.focus()
 
   itemForElement: ({eventName, eventDescription}) ->
@@ -52,5 +51,3 @@ class CommandPaletteView extends SelectList
   confirmed: ({eventName}) ->
     @cancel()
     @previouslyFocusedElement.trigger(eventName)
-
-  cancelled: ->
diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
index 6b72ce3ef..2365fc4d7 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
       @setError('Selected path does not exist')
       setTimeout((=> @setError()), 2000)
 
-  cancelled: ->
-    @miniEditor.setText('')
-
   toggleFileFinder: ->
     if @hasParent()
       @cancel()
diff --git a/src/packages/symbols-view/src/symbols-view.coffee b/src/packages/symbols-view/src/symbols-view.coffee
index f106ffe77..afcd5109e 100644
--- a/src/packages/symbols-view/src/symbols-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/symbols-view/src/symbols-view.coffee
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ class SymbolsView extends SelectList
     editor.setCursorBufferPosition(position)
     editor.moveCursorToFirstCharacterOfLine()
 
-  cancelled: ->
-    @miniEditor.setText('')
-
   attach: ->
     super