diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e7128bd7..36e05f226 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5518,7 +5518,7 @@ checksum = "8f50febec83f5ee1df3015341d8bd429f2d1cc62bcba7ea2076759d315084683"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "termwiz"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/config/src/config.rs b/config/src/config.rs
index 6c93b4805..21522f4a3 100644
--- a/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config.rs
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub quick_select_patterns: Vec<String>,
     #[dynamic(default = "default_alphabet")]
     pub quick_select_alphabet: String,
+    #[dynamic(default)]
+    pub quick_select_remove_styling: bool,
 
     #[dynamic(default)]
     pub mouse_bindings: Vec<Mouse>,
diff --git a/docs/config/lua/config/quick_select_remove_styling.md b/docs/config/lua/config/quick_select_remove_styling.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0b373db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/config/lua/config/quick_select_remove_styling.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+tags:
+  - quick_select
+---
+# `quick_select_remove_styling = false`
+
+{{since('nightly')}}
+
+When set to `true`, all color and styling is removed from the pane prior to performing matching and highlighting any matching text in quick select mode.
+
+This can make it easier to focus on the matches, particularly when the pane already had a lot of styling and colors.
+
+Defaults to `false`
diff --git a/docs/quickselect.md b/docs/quickselect.md
index ee76b8739..5b1219183 100644
--- a/docs/quickselect.md
+++ b/docs/quickselect.md
@@ -28,3 +28,13 @@ text, and cancel quick select mode.
 Pressing `ESCAPE` will cancel quick select mode.
 
 ![Screenshot demonstrating the quickselect text highlights](screenshots/wezterm-quick-select.png)
+
+{{since('nightly')}}
+
+A configuration option [quick_select_remove_styling](config/lua/config/quick_select_remove_styling.md)
+has been added which when set to `true`, results in all color and styling
+being removed from the pane prior to performing matching and highlighting
+any matching text in quick select mode.
+
+This can make it easier to focus on the matches, particularly when the pane
+already had a lot of styling and colors.
diff --git a/termwiz/Cargo.toml b/termwiz/Cargo.toml
index 51a38f058..56e610492 100644
--- a/termwiz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/termwiz/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 authors = ["Wez Furlong"]
 name = "termwiz"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 edition = "2018"
 repository = "https://github.com/wezterm/wezterm"
 description = "Terminal Wizardry for Unix and Windows"
diff --git a/termwiz/src/cell.rs b/termwiz/src/cell.rs
index de783b22a..f9bab4234 100644
--- a/termwiz/src/cell.rs
+++ b/termwiz/src/cell.rs
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ impl CellAttributes {
         self.background.into()
     }
 
+    /// Clear all attributes from a cell
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        *self = Self::blank();
+    }
+
     fn allocate_fat_attributes(&mut self) {
         if self.fat.is_none() {
             self.fat.replace(Box::new(FatAttributes {
diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs b/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
index 728850cd3..428fa4666 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ impl Pane for QuickSelectOverlay {
             fn with_lines_mut(&mut self, first_row: StableRowIndex, lines: &mut [&mut Line]) {
                 let mut overlay_lines = vec![];
 
-                let colors = self.renderer.config.resolved_palette.clone();
+                let config = &self.renderer.config;
+                let colors = config.resolved_palette.clone();
+                let disable_attr = config.quick_select_remove_styling;
 
                 // Process the lines; for the search row we want to render instead
                 // the search UI.
@@ -553,6 +555,12 @@ impl Pane for QuickSelectOverlay {
 
                 for (idx, line) in lines.iter_mut().enumerate() {
                     let mut line: Line = line.clone();
+                    if disable_attr {
+                        line.cells_mut_for_attr_changes_only()
+                            .iter_mut()
+                            .for_each(|cell| cell.attrs_mut().clear());
+                        line.clear_appdata();
+                    }
                     let stable_idx = idx as StableRowIndex + first_row;
                     self.renderer.dirty_results.remove(stable_idx);
                     if stable_idx == self.search_row {
@@ -633,12 +641,18 @@ impl Pane for QuickSelectOverlay {
 
         let (top, mut lines) = self.delegate.get_lines(lines);
         let colors = renderer.config.resolved_palette.clone();
+        let disable_attr = renderer.config.quick_select_remove_styling;
 
         // Process the lines; for the search row we want to render instead
         // the search UI.
         // For rows with search results, we want to highlight the matching ranges
         let search_row = renderer.compute_search_row();
         for (idx, line) in lines.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            if disable_attr {
+                line.cells_mut_for_attr_changes_only()
+                    .iter_mut()
+                    .for_each(|cell| cell.attrs_mut().clear());
+            }
             let stable_idx = idx as StableRowIndex + top;
             renderer.dirty_results.remove(stable_idx);
             if stable_idx == search_row {