diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
index 88dd05424c..98777230c4 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class HaAutomationPicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
           this.hass.localize,
           this.hass.locale
         )}
-        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping || "category"}
+        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping ?? "category"}
         .initialCollapsedGroups=${this._activeCollapsed}
         .initialSorting=${this._activeSorting}
         .columnOrder=${this._activeColumnOrder}
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ ${rejected
   }
 
   private _handleGroupingChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
-    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value;
+    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value ?? "";
   }
 
   private _handleCollapseChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
diff --git a/src/panels/config/helpers/ha-config-helpers.ts b/src/panels/config/helpers/ha-config-helpers.ts
index a2afa1a3e7..a9876f8917 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/helpers/ha-config-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/helpers/ha-config-helpers.ts
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export class HaConfigHelpers extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         ).length}
         .columns=${this._columns(this.hass.localize)}
         .data=${helpers}
-        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping || "category"}
+        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping ?? "category"}
         .initialCollapsedGroups=${this._activeCollapsed}
         .initialSorting=${this._activeSorting}
         .columnOrder=${this._activeColumnOrder}
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ ${rejected
   }
 
   private _handleGroupingChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
-    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value;
+    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value ?? "";
   }
 
   private _handleCollapseChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
diff --git a/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts b/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
index 2fc0888911..ef1563fe21 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class HaSceneDashboard extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         ).length}
         .columns=${this._columns(this.hass.localize)}
         id="entity_id"
-        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping || "category"}
+        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping ?? "category"}
         .initialCollapsedGroups=${this._activeCollapsed}
         .initialSorting=${this._activeSorting}
         .columnOrder=${this._activeColumnOrder}
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ ${rejected
   }
 
   private _handleGroupingChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
-    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value;
+    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value ?? "";
   }
 
   private _handleCollapseChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
diff --git a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
index 3e8bb92f73..2cd3293317 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class HaScriptPicker extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
           { number: scripts.length }
         )}
         has-filters
-        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping || "category"}
+        .initialGroupColumn=${this._activeGrouping ?? "category"}
         .initialCollapsedGroups=${this._activeCollapsed}
         .initialSorting=${this._activeSorting}
         .columnOrder=${this._activeColumnOrder}
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ ${rejected
   }
 
   private _handleGroupingChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {
-    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value;
+    this._activeGrouping = ev.detail.value ?? "";
   }
 
   private _handleCollapseChanged(ev: CustomEvent) {