diff --git a/javascript/extraNetworks.js b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
index e927346c3..9cd80961e 100644
--- a/javascript/extraNetworks.js
+++ b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
@@ -140,14 +140,15 @@ function setupExtraNetworks() {
 
 onUiLoaded(setupExtraNetworks);
 
-var re_extranet = /<([^:]+:[^:]+):[\d.]+>(.*)/;
-var re_extranet_g = /\s+<([^:]+:[^:]+):[\d.]+>/g;
+var re_extranet = /<([^:^>]+:[^:]+):[\d.]+>(.*)/;
+var re_extranet_g = /<([^:^>]+:[^:]+):[\d.]+>/g;
 
 function tryToRemoveExtraNetworkFromPrompt(textarea, text) {
     var m = text.match(re_extranet);
     var replaced = false;
     var newTextareaText;
     if (m) {
+        var extraTextBeforeNet = opts.extra_networks_add_text_separator;
         var extraTextAfterNet = m[2];
         var partToSearch = m[1];
         var foundAtPosition = -1;
@@ -161,8 +162,13 @@ function tryToRemoveExtraNetworkFromPrompt(textarea, text) {
             return found;
         });
 
-        if (foundAtPosition >= 0 && newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition, extraTextAfterNet.length) == extraTextAfterNet) {
-            newTextareaText = newTextareaText.substr(0, foundAtPosition) + newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition + extraTextAfterNet.length);
+        if (foundAtPosition >= 0) {
+            if (newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition, extraTextAfterNet.length) == extraTextAfterNet) {
+                newTextareaText = newTextareaText.substr(0, foundAtPosition) + newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition + extraTextAfterNet.length);
+            }
+            if (newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition - extraTextBeforeNet.length, extraTextBeforeNet.length) == extraTextBeforeNet) {
+                newTextareaText = newTextareaText.substr(0, foundAtPosition - extraTextBeforeNet.length) + newTextareaText.substr(foundAtPosition);
+            }
         }
     } else {
         newTextareaText = textarea.value.replaceAll(new RegExp(text, "g"), function(found) {