diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
index 20762b9..335b637 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@
             // taskbar, we use an OnLongClickListener on TaskbarView instead.
             return false;
         }
+        if (!canCurrentlyManuallyUnstash()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (updateAndAnimateIsManuallyStashedInApp(false)) {
             mControllers.taskbarActivityContext.getDragLayer().performHapticFeedback(LONG_PRESS);
             return true;
@@ -283,6 +286,16 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns whether taskbar will unstash when long pressing it based on the current state. The
+     * only time this is true is if the user is in an app and the taskbar is only stashed because
+     * the user previously long pressed to manually stash (not due to other reasons like IME).
+     */
+    private boolean canCurrentlyManuallyUnstash() {
+        return (mState & (FLAG_IN_APP | FLAGS_STASHED_IN_APP))
+                == (FLAG_IN_APP | FLAG_STASHED_IN_APP_MANUAL);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Updates whether we should stash the taskbar when in apps, and animates to the changed state.
      * @return Whether we started an animation to either be newly stashed or unstashed.
      */
@@ -423,6 +436,11 @@
             // Already unstashed, no need to hint in that direction.
             return;
         }
+        if (!canCurrentlyManuallyUnstash()) {
+            // If any other flags are causing us to be stashed, long press won't cause us to
+            // unstash, so don't hint that it will.
+            return;
+        }
         mTaskbarStashedHandleHintScale.animateToValue(
                 animateForward ? UNSTASHED_TASKBAR_HANDLE_HINT_SCALE : 1)
                 .setDuration(TASKBAR_HINT_STASH_DURATION).start();