diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ChooseRunConfigurationAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ChooseRunConfigurationAction.java
index 6a092226235b..d91716cc0691 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ChooseRunConfigurationAction.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ChooseRunConfigurationAction.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.util.BaseListPopupStep;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowId;
 import com.intellij.ui.popup.list.ListPopupImpl;
 import com.intellij.ui.popup.list.PopupListElementRenderer;
+import com.intellij.ui.speedSearch.SpeedSearch;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -163,7 +164,14 @@ public class ChooseRunConfigurationAction extends AnAction {
 
     popup.registerAction("deleteConfiguration_bksp", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("BACK_SPACE"), new AbstractAction() {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-        popup.removeSelected();
+        SpeedSearch speedSearch = popup.getSpeedSearch();
+        if (speedSearch.isHoldingFilter()) {
+          speedSearch.backspace();
+          speedSearch.update();
+        }
+        else {
+          popup.removeSelected();
+        }
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/ListWithFilter.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/ListWithFilter.java
index 5423add1433a..ff9fc814f2f1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/ListWithFilter.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/ListWithFilter.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class ListWithFilter<T> extends JPanel implements DataProvider {
   private class MySpeedSearch extends SpeedSearch {
     boolean searchFieldShown = false;
 
-    protected void update() {
+    public void update() {
       mySpeedSearchPatternField.setBackground(new JTextField().getBackground());
       onSpeedSearchPatternChanged();
       mySpeedSearchPatternField.setText(getFilter());
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
index 1d3f237955e4..4749a4845a4c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class SpeedSearch {
     }
   }
 
-  protected void update() {
+  public void update() {
 
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/popup/AbstractPopup.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/popup/AbstractPopup.java
index 9afcbb16edde..505f4c4bab15 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/popup/AbstractPopup.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/popup/AbstractPopup.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class AbstractPopup implements JBPopup {
   protected final SpeedSearch mySpeedSearch = new SpeedSearch() {
     boolean searchFieldShown = false;
 
-    protected void update() {
+    public void update() {
       mySpeedSearchPatternField.setBackground(new JTextField().getBackground());
       onSpeedSearchPatternChanged();
       mySpeedSearchPatternField.setText(getFilter());