diff --git a/packages/studio/src/App.tsx b/packages/studio/src/App.tsx
index 1bd308838..39c9cc597 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/App.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { useBlockHandlers } from "./hooks/useBlockHandlers";
 import { useAppHotkeys } from "./hooks/useAppHotkeys";
 import { useClipboard } from "./hooks/useClipboard";
 import { readStudioUiPreferences, writeStudioUiPreferences } from "./utils/studioUiPreferences";
+import { selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement } from "./utils/keyframeSelection";
 import { useCaptionDetection } from "./hooks/useCaptionDetection";
 import { useRenderClipContent } from "./hooks/useRenderClipContent";
 import { useConsoleErrorCapture } from "./hooks/useConsoleErrorCapture";
@@ -305,13 +306,13 @@ export function StudioApp() {
   resetKeyframesRef.current = domEditSession.handleResetSelectedElementKeyframes;
   invalidateGsapCacheRef.current = domEditSession.invalidateGsapCache;
   deleteSelectedKeyframesRef.current = () => {
-    const sk = usePlayerStore.getState().selectedKeyframes;
+    const { selectedKeyframes, selectedElementId } = usePlayerStore.getState();
     const a = domEditSession.selectedGsapAnimations.find((x) => x.keyframes);
-    if (!a || sk.size === 0) return;
-    sk.forEach((k) => {
-      const p = Number(k.split(":")[1]);
-      if (Number.isFinite(p)) domEditSession.handleGsapRemoveKeyframe(a.id, p);
-    });
+    if (!a) return;
+    // Only the active element's keyframes; a stale cross-element selection must not delete here.
+    for (const p of selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selectedKeyframes, selectedElementId)) {
+      domEditSession.handleGsapRemoveKeyframe(a.id, p);
+    }
   };
   useCaptionDetection({
     projectId,
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d8f91e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement } from "./keyframeSelection";
+
+describe("selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement", () => {
+  it("returns the percentages of keyframes on the active element", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#a:25", "comp#a:75"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "comp#a")).toEqual([25, 75]);
+  });
+
+  it("drops keyframes that belong to other elements", () => {
+    // The bug: a stale shift-selection on `comp#b` would otherwise have its
+    // percentages applied to the now-active `comp#a`, deleting the wrong keyframes.
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#a:25", "comp#b:50", "comp#b:80"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "comp#a")).toEqual([25]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns nothing when no key belongs to the active element", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#b:50"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "comp#a")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns nothing when there is no active element", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#a:25"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, null)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns nothing for an empty selection", () => {
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(new Set(), "comp#a")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("splits on the final colon so element ids containing ':' still match", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["a:b:40"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "a:b")).toEqual([40]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips keys without a percentage separator", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#a"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "comp#a")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips keys whose percentage is not a finite number", () => {
+    const selected = new Set(["comp#a:abc", "comp#a:NaN", "comp#a:30"]);
+    expect(selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(selected, "comp#a")).toEqual([30]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ecaa36b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/keyframeSelection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Resolves which keyframe percentages a bulk operation should act on.
+ *
+ * `selectedKeyframes` holds `"<elementId>:<percentage>"` keys and can contain
+ * keyframes from more than one element — e.g. a shift-selection made before the
+ * active element changed (via a keyframe click, a clip click, the layers panel,
+ * or the keyframe context menu). A bulk delete only targets the active
+ * element's animation, so keys belonging to other elements must be dropped;
+ * otherwise their percentages get applied to the active element and remove
+ * keyframes the user never selected on it.
+ *
+ * The element id is everything before the final `:` so element ids that happen
+ * to contain `:` are handled correctly.
+ */
+export function selectedKeyframePercentagesForElement(
+  selectedKeyframes: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  activeElementId: string | null,
+): number[] {
+  if (!activeElementId) return [];
+  const percentages: number[] = [];
+  for (const key of selectedKeyframes) {
+    const separator = key.lastIndexOf(":");
+    if (separator < 0) continue;
+    if (key.slice(0, separator) !== activeElementId) continue;
+    const percentage = Number(key.slice(separator + 1));
+    if (Number.isFinite(percentage)) percentages.push(percentage);
+  }
+  return percentages;
+}