diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
index 5b7fd1112..3455176a6 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ export class AddCollectionPanel extends React.Component<AddCollectionPanelProps,
                     size={40}
                     className="panelTextField"
                     aria-label="New database id, Type a new database id"
-                    autoFocus
                     tabIndex={0}
                     value={this.state.newDatabaseId}
                     onChange={(event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
@@ -742,7 +741,6 @@ export class AddCollectionPanel extends React.Component<AddCollectionPanelProps,
                           : "Comma separated paths e.g. /firstName,/address/zipCode"
                       }
                       className="panelTextField"
-                      autoFocus
                       value={uniqueKey}
                       onChange={(event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
                         const uniqueKeys = this.state.uniqueKeys.map((uniqueKey: string, j: number) => {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/__snapshots__/AddCollectionPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/__snapshots__/AddCollectionPanel.test.tsx.snap
index b197afec6..39bb1bccd 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/__snapshots__/AddCollectionPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/__snapshots__/AddCollectionPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ exports[`AddCollectionPanel should render Default properly 1`] = `
           aria-label="New database id, Type a new database id"
           aria-required={true}
           autoComplete="off"
-          autoFocus={true}
           className="panelTextField"
           id="newDatabaseId"
           name="newDatabaseId"