diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c6e0c04..2d1b894d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+* fix: pane rename backspace regression (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4346)
 
 ## [0.43.0] - 2025-08-05
 * feat: multiple select and bulk pane actions (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4169 and https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4171, https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4221 and https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4286)
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/tab/mod.rs b/zellij-server/src/tab/mod.rs
index 97714aca..3f98554f 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/tab/mod.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/tab/mod.rs
@@ -4619,7 +4619,14 @@ impl Tab {
         self.get_active_pane_mut(client_id)
             .with_context(|| format!("no active pane found for client {client_id}"))
             .map(|active_pane| {
-                active_pane.update_name(&clean_string_from_control_and_linebreak(s));
+                let to_update = match s {
+                    "\u{007F}" | "\u{0008}" => {
+                        // delete and backspace keys
+                        s
+                    },
+                    _ => &clean_string_from_control_and_linebreak(s),
+                };
+                active_pane.update_name(&to_update);
             })?;
         Ok(())
     }