diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
index 6e57e306a3678d9..c07b4027a17ab5e 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ def execfile(self, filename, source=None):
 
     def runsource(self, source):
         "Extend base class method: Stuff the source in the line cache first"
+        # Remove the highlighting of a previous syntax error (gh-93966).
+        self.tkconsole.text.tag_remove("ERROR", "1.0", "end")
         filename = self.stuffsource(source)
         # at the moment, InteractiveInterpreter expects str
         assert isinstance(source, str)
@@ -730,7 +732,6 @@ def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None, **kwargs):
         """
         tkconsole = self.tkconsole
         text = tkconsole.text
-        text.tag_remove("ERROR", "1.0", "end")
         type, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
         msg = getattr(value, 'msg', '') or value or "<no detail available>"
         lineno = getattr(value, 'lineno', '') or 1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-09-15-22-10-17.gh-issue-93966.ch4fTB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-09-15-22-10-17.gh-issue-93966.ch4fTB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..3260b42211b780b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-09-15-22-10-17.gh-issue-93966.ch4fTB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The highlighting of a syntax error in the IDLE Shell is now removed when the
+next statement is entered, not only when the next syntax error occurs.