diff --git a/src/electron/src/components/DataExportWindowActivityTracker.vue b/src/electron/src/components/DataExportWindowActivityTracker.vue
index f3d6e9d6..78859cac 100644
--- a/src/electron/src/components/DataExportWindowActivityTracker.vue
+++ b/src/electron/src/components/DataExportWindowActivityTracker.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const emitObfuscateSampleData = async () => {
         <div class="mb-2 mt-1 flex justify-center">
           <label class="form-control w-full">
             <input
-              v-model="obfuscationTermsInput"
+              v-model.trim="obfuscationTermsInput"
               type="text"
               placeholder="Enter, terms, here, ..."
               class="input input-bordered w-full text-sm"
diff --git a/src/electron/src/views/DataExportView.vue b/src/electron/src/views/DataExportView.vue
index f3e6190b..d0536396 100644
--- a/src/electron/src/views/DataExportView.vue
+++ b/src/electron/src/views/DataExportView.vue
@@ -94,10 +94,13 @@ async function handleWindowActivityExportConfigChanged(newSelectedOption: DataEx
 }
 
 async function handleObfuscationTermsChanged(newObfuscationTerms: string) {
-  if (!newObfuscationTerms) {
+  if (!newObfuscationTerms || newObfuscationTerms.trim().length === 0) {
     obfuscationTermsInput.value = [];
   } else {
-    obfuscationTermsInput.value = newObfuscationTerms.split(',').map((s: string) => s.trim());
+    obfuscationTermsInput.value = newObfuscationTerms
+      .split(',')
+      .map((s: string) => s.trim())
+      .filter((s: string) => s.length > 0);
   }
 }