diff --git a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx
index b3939f8b4..eb62cc22c 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import { QueryCopilotTab } from "./QueryCopilotTab";
 
 describe("Query copilot tab snapshot test", () => {
   it("should render with initial input", () => {
-    const wrapper = shallow(
-      <QueryCopilotTab initialInput="Write a query to return all records in this table" explorer={new Explorer()} />
-    );
+    const wrapper = shallow(<QueryCopilotTab explorer={new Explorer()} />);
     expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.tsx b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.tsx
index 2a449e29d..e94b3a979 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/QueryCopilotTab.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ interface SuggestedPrompt {
 }
 
 interface QueryCopilotTabProps {
-  initialInput: string;
   explorer: Explorer;
 }
 
@@ -73,32 +72,50 @@ const promptStyles: IButtonStyles = {
   label: { fontWeight: 400, textAlign: "left", paddingLeft: 8 },
 };
 
-export const QueryCopilotTab: React.FC<QueryCopilotTabProps> = ({
-  initialInput,
-  explorer,
-}: QueryCopilotTabProps): JSX.Element => {
-  const hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries = useQueryCopilot((state) => state.hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries);
-  const [userPrompt, setUserPrompt] = useState<string>(initialInput || "");
-  const [generatedQuery, setGeneratedQuery] = useState<string>("");
-  const [generatedQueryComments, setGeneratedQueryComments] = useState<string>("");
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState<string>("");
-  const [selectedQuery, setSelectedQuery] = useState<string>("");
-  const [isGeneratingQuery, setIsGeneratingQuery] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [isExecuting, setIsExecuting] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [likeQuery, setLikeQuery] = useState<boolean>();
-  const [dislikeQuery, setDislikeQuery] = useState<boolean>();
-  const [showCallout, setShowCallout] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [showSamplePrompts, setShowSamplePrompts] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [queryIterator, setQueryIterator] = useState<MinimalQueryIterator>();
-  const [queryResults, setQueryResults] = useState<QueryResults>();
-  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string>("");
+export const QueryCopilotTab: React.FC<QueryCopilotTabProps> = ({ explorer }: QueryCopilotTabProps): JSX.Element => {
   const [copilotTeachingBubbleVisible, { toggle: toggleCopilotTeachingBubbleVisible }] = useBoolean(false);
   const inputEdited = useRef(false);
-  const [isSamplePromptsOpen, setIsSamplePromptsOpen] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [showDeletePopup, setShowDeletePopup] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [showFeedbackBar, setShowFeedbackBar] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [showCopyPopup, setshowCopyPopup] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const [showErrorMessageBar, setShowErrorMessageBar] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const {
+    hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries,
+    userPrompt,
+    setUserPrompt,
+    generatedQuery,
+    setGeneratedQuery,
+    query,
+    setQuery,
+    selectedQuery,
+    setSelectedQuery,
+    isGeneratingQuery,
+    setIsGeneratingQuery,
+    isExecuting,
+    setIsExecuting,
+    likeQuery,
+    setLikeQuery,
+    dislikeQuery,
+    setDislikeQuery,
+    showCallout,
+    setShowCallout,
+    showSamplePrompts,
+    setShowSamplePrompts,
+    queryIterator,
+    setQueryIterator,
+    queryResults,
+    setQueryResults,
+    errorMessage,
+    setErrorMessage,
+    isSamplePromptsOpen,
+    setIsSamplePromptsOpen,
+    showDeletePopup,
+    setShowDeletePopup,
+    showFeedbackBar,
+    setShowFeedbackBar,
+    showCopyPopup,
+    setshowCopyPopup,
+    showErrorMessageBar,
+    setShowErrorMessageBar,
+    generatedQueryComments,
+    setGeneratedQueryComments,
+  } = useQueryCopilot();
 
   const sampleProps: SamplePromptsProps = {
     isSamplePromptsOpen: isSamplePromptsOpen,
@@ -301,9 +318,10 @@ export const QueryCopilotTab: React.FC<QueryCopilotTabProps> = ({
     return [executeQueryBtn, saveQueryBtn];
   };
   const showTeachingBubble = (): void => {
-    if (!inputEdited.current) {
+    const shouldShowTeachingBubble = !inputEdited.current && userPrompt.trim() === "";
+    if (shouldShowTeachingBubble) {
       setTimeout(() => {
-        if (!inputEdited.current) {
+        if (shouldShowTeachingBubble) {
           toggleCopilotTeachingBubbleVisible();
           inputEdited.current = true;
         }
@@ -328,9 +346,6 @@ export const QueryCopilotTab: React.FC<QueryCopilotTabProps> = ({
   }, [query, selectedQuery]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (initialInput) {
-      generateSQLQuery();
-    }
     showTeachingBubble();
     useTabs.getState().setIsQueryErrorThrown(false);
   }, []);
@@ -517,7 +532,12 @@ export const QueryCopilotTab: React.FC<QueryCopilotTabProps> = ({
                 target="#likeBtn"
                 onDismiss={() => {
                   setShowCallout(false);
-                  submitFeedback({ generatedQuery, likeQuery, description: "", userPrompt: userPrompt });
+                  submitFeedback({
+                    generatedQuery: generatedQuery,
+                    likeQuery: likeQuery,
+                    description: "",
+                    userPrompt: userPrompt,
+                  });
                 }}
                 directionalHint={DirectionalHint.topCenter}
               >
diff --git a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/__snapshots__/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/__snapshots__/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx.snap
index 63f70e7ae..f945713cc 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/__snapshots__/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/QueryCopilot/__snapshots__/QueryCopilotTab.test.tsx.snap
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ exports[`Query copilot tab snapshot test should render with initial input 1`] =
             },
           }
         }
-        value="Write a query to return all records in this table"
+        value=""
       />
       <CustomizedIconButton
-        disabled={false}
+        disabled={true}
         iconProps={
           Object {
             "iconName": "Send",
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
index fc8e6ac71..7273c5829 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ConnectTab } from "Explorer/Tabs/ConnectTab";
 import { PostgresConnectTab } from "Explorer/Tabs/PostgresConnectTab";
 import { QuickstartTab } from "Explorer/Tabs/QuickstartTab";
 import { userContext } from "UserContext";
+import { useQueryCopilot } from "hooks/useQueryCopilot";
 import { useTeachingBubble } from "hooks/useTeachingBubble";
 import ko from "knockout";
 import React, { MutableRefObject, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ const CloseButton = ({
     onClick={(event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLSpanElement, MouseEvent>) => {
       event.stopPropagation();
       tab ? tab.onCloseTabButtonClick() : useTabs.getState().closeReactTab(tabKind);
+      tabKind === ReactTabKind.QueryCopilot && useQueryCopilot.getState().resetQueryCopilotStates();
     }}
     tabIndex={active ? 0 : undefined}
     onKeyPress={({ nativeEvent: e }) => tab.onKeyPressClose(undefined, e)}
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ const getReactTabContent = (activeReactTab: ReactTabKind, explorer: Explorer): J
     case ReactTabKind.Quickstart:
       return <QuickstartTab explorer={explorer} />;
     case ReactTabKind.QueryCopilot:
-      return <QueryCopilotTab initialInput={useTabs.getState().queryCopilotTabInitialInput} explorer={explorer} />;
+      return <QueryCopilotTab explorer={explorer} />;
     default:
       throw Error(`Unsupported tab kind ${ReactTabKind[activeReactTab]}`);
   }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useQueryCopilot.ts b/src/hooks/useQueryCopilot.ts
index 7fab2dca6..a707ea56f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useQueryCopilot.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useQueryCopilot.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { MinimalQueryIterator } from "Common/IteratorUtilities";
+import { QueryResults } from "Contracts/ViewModels";
 import { guid } from "Explorer/Tables/Utilities";
 import create, { UseStore } from "zustand";
 
@@ -8,23 +10,126 @@ interface QueryCopilotState {
   showFeedbackModal: boolean;
   hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: boolean;
   correlationId: string;
+  query: string;
+  selectedQuery: string;
+  isGeneratingQuery: boolean;
+  isExecuting: boolean;
+  dislikeQuery: boolean | undefined;
+  showCallout: boolean;
+  showSamplePrompts: boolean;
+  queryIterator: MinimalQueryIterator | undefined;
+  queryResults: QueryResults | undefined;
+  errorMessage: string;
+  isSamplePromptsOpen: boolean;
+  showDeletePopup: boolean;
+  showFeedbackBar: boolean;
+  showCopyPopup: boolean;
+  showErrorMessageBar: boolean;
+  generatedQueryComments: string;
+
   openFeedbackModal: (generatedQuery: string, likeQuery: boolean, userPrompt: string) => void;
   closeFeedbackModal: () => void;
   setHideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: (hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: boolean) => void;
   refreshCorrelationId: () => void;
+  setUserPrompt: (userPrompt: string) => void;
+  setQuery: (query: string) => void;
+  setGeneratedQuery: (generatedQuery: string) => void;
+  setSelectedQuery: (selectedQuery: string) => void;
+  setIsGeneratingQuery: (isGeneratingQuery: boolean) => void;
+  setIsExecuting: (isExecuting: boolean) => void;
+  setLikeQuery: (likeQuery: boolean) => void;
+  setDislikeQuery: (dislikeQuery: boolean | undefined) => void;
+  setShowCallout: (showCallout: boolean) => void;
+  setShowSamplePrompts: (showSamplePrompts: boolean) => void;
+  setQueryIterator: (queryIterator: MinimalQueryIterator | undefined) => void;
+  setQueryResults: (queryResults: QueryResults | undefined) => void;
+  setErrorMessage: (errorMessage: string) => void;
+  setIsSamplePromptsOpen: (isSamplePromptsOpen: boolean) => void;
+  setShowDeletePopup: (showDeletePopup: boolean) => void;
+  setShowFeedbackBar: (showFeedbackBar: boolean) => void;
+  setshowCopyPopup: (showCopyPopup: boolean) => void;
+  setShowErrorMessageBar: (showErrorMessageBar: boolean) => void;
+  setGeneratedQueryComments: (generatedQueryComments: string) => void;
+  resetQueryCopilotStates: () => void;
 }
 
-export const useQueryCopilot: UseStore<QueryCopilotState> = create((set) => ({
+type QueryCopilotStore = UseStore<QueryCopilotState>;
+
+export const useQueryCopilot: QueryCopilotStore = create((set) => ({
   generatedQuery: "",
   likeQuery: false,
   userPrompt: "",
   showFeedbackModal: false,
   hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: false,
   correlationId: "",
+  query: "",
+  selectedQuery: "",
+  isGeneratingQuery: false,
+  isExecuting: false,
+  dislikeQuery: undefined,
+  showCallout: false,
+  showSamplePrompts: false,
+  queryIterator: undefined,
+  queryResults: undefined,
+  errorMessage: "",
+  isSamplePromptsOpen: false,
+  showDeletePopup: false,
+  showFeedbackBar: false,
+  showCopyPopup: false,
+  showErrorMessageBar: false,
+  generatedQueryComments: "",
+
   openFeedbackModal: (generatedQuery: string, likeQuery: boolean, userPrompt: string) =>
     set({ generatedQuery, likeQuery, userPrompt, showFeedbackModal: true }),
   closeFeedbackModal: () => set({ generatedQuery: "", likeQuery: false, userPrompt: "", showFeedbackModal: false }),
   setHideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: (hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: boolean) =>
     set({ hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries }),
   refreshCorrelationId: () => set({ correlationId: guid() }),
+  setUserPrompt: (userPrompt: string) => set({ userPrompt }),
+  setQuery: (query: string) => set({ query }),
+  setGeneratedQuery: (generatedQuery: string) => set({ generatedQuery }),
+  setSelectedQuery: (selectedQuery: string) => set({ selectedQuery }),
+  setIsGeneratingQuery: (isGeneratingQuery: boolean) => set({ isGeneratingQuery }),
+  setIsExecuting: (isExecuting: boolean) => set({ isExecuting }),
+  setLikeQuery: (likeQuery: boolean) => set({ likeQuery }),
+  setDislikeQuery: (dislikeQuery: boolean | undefined) => set({ dislikeQuery }),
+  setShowCallout: (showCallout: boolean) => set({ showCallout }),
+  setShowSamplePrompts: (showSamplePrompts: boolean) => set({ showSamplePrompts }),
+  setQueryIterator: (queryIterator: MinimalQueryIterator | undefined) => set({ queryIterator }),
+  setQueryResults: (queryResults: QueryResults | undefined) => set({ queryResults }),
+  setErrorMessage: (errorMessage: string) => set({ errorMessage }),
+  setIsSamplePromptsOpen: (isSamplePromptsOpen: boolean) => set({ isSamplePromptsOpen }),
+  setShowDeletePopup: (showDeletePopup: boolean) => set({ showDeletePopup }),
+  setShowFeedbackBar: (showFeedbackBar: boolean) => set({ showFeedbackBar }),
+  setshowCopyPopup: (showCopyPopup: boolean) => set({ showCopyPopup }),
+  setShowErrorMessageBar: (showErrorMessageBar: boolean) => set({ showErrorMessageBar }),
+  setGeneratedQueryComments: (generatedQueryComments: string) => set({ generatedQueryComments }),
+
+  resetQueryCopilotStates: () => {
+    set((state) => ({
+      ...state,
+      generatedQuery: "",
+      likeQuery: false,
+      userPrompt: "",
+      showFeedbackModal: false,
+      hideFeedbackModalForLikedQueries: false,
+      correlationId: "",
+      query: "",
+      selectedQuery: "",
+      isGeneratingQuery: false,
+      isExecuting: false,
+      dislikeQuery: undefined,
+      showCallout: false,
+      showSamplePrompts: false,
+      queryIterator: undefined,
+      queryResults: undefined,
+      errorMessage: "",
+      isSamplePromptsOpen: false,
+      showDeletePopup: false,
+      showFeedbackBar: false,
+      showCopyPopup: false,
+      showErrorMessageBar: false,
+      generatedQueryComments: "",
+    }));
+  },
 }));