diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts
index e166f58926..e984307436 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ export class SideMenuView<
       this.onDrop as EventListener,
       true
     );
+    this.pmView.root.addEventListener(
+      "dragend",
+      this.onDragEnd as EventListener,
+      true
+    );
     initializeESMDependencies();
 
     // Shows or updates menu position whenever the cursor moves, if the menu isn't frozen.
@@ -300,8 +305,8 @@ export class SideMenuView<
       // a block from a different editor is being dropped, this causes some
       // issues that the code below fixes:
       if (!this.isDragOrigin && this.pmView.dom === parentEditorElement) {
-        // 1. Because the editor selection is unrelated to the dragged content,
-        // we don't want PM to delete its content. Therefore, we collapse the
+        // Because the editor selection is unrelated to the dragged content, we
+        // don't want PM to delete its content. Therefore, we collapse the
         // selection.
         this.pmView.dispatch(
           this.pmView.state.tr.setSelection(
@@ -312,8 +317,8 @@ export class SideMenuView<
           )
         );
       } else if (this.isDragOrigin && this.pmView.dom !== parentEditorElement) {
-        // 2. Because the editor from which the block originates doesn't get a
-        // drop event on it, PM doesn't delete its selected content. Therefore, we
+        // Because the editor from which the block originates doesn't get a drop
+        // event on it, PM doesn't delete its selected content. Therefore, we
         // need to do so manually.
         //
         // Note: Deleting the selected content from the editor from which the
@@ -328,11 +333,6 @@ export class SideMenuView<
           0
         );
       }
-      // 3. PM only clears `view.dragging` on the editor that the block was
-      // dropped, so we manually have to clear it on all the others. However,
-      // PM also needs to read `view.dragging` while handling the event, so we
-      // use a `setTimeout` to ensure it's only cleared after that.
-      setTimeout(() => (this.pmView.dragging = null), 0);
     }
 
     if (
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ export class SideMenuView<
     }
   };
 
+  onDragEnd = () => {
+    // When the user starts dragging a block, `view.dragging` is set on all
+    // BlockNote editors. However, when the drag ends, only the editor that the
+    // drag originated in automatically clears `view.dragging`. Therefore, we
+    // have to manually clear it on all editors.
+    this.pmView.dragging = null;
+  };
+
   /**
    * If a block is being dragged, ProseMirror usually gets the context of what's
    * being dragged from `view.dragging`, which is automatically set when a
@@ -580,6 +588,11 @@ export class SideMenuView<
       this.onDrop as EventListener,
       true
     );
+    this.pmView.root.removeEventListener(
+      "dragend",
+      this.onDragEnd as EventListener,
+      true
+    );
     this.pmView.root.removeEventListener(
       "keydown",
       this.onKeyDown as EventListener,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/UniqueID/UniqueID.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/UniqueID/UniqueID.ts
index c2077f094f..6b9fa0e5ba 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/UniqueID/UniqueID.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/UniqueID/UniqueID.ts
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ const UniqueID = Extension.create({
           };
         },
         props: {
-          // `handleDOMEvents` is called before `transformPasted`
-          // so we can do some checks before
+          // `handleDOMEvents` is called before `transformPasted` so we can do
+          // some checks before. However, `transformPasted` only runs when
+          // editor content is pasted - not external content.
           handleDOMEvents: {
             // only create new ids for dropped content while holding `alt`
             // or content is dragged from another editor
@@ -265,9 +266,13 @@ const UniqueID = Extension.create({
                   ? void 0
                   : _a.effectAllowed) === "copy"
               ) {
-                dragSourceElement = null;
                 transformPasted = true;
+              } else {
+                transformPasted = false;
               }
+
+              dragSourceElement = null;
+
               return false;
             },
             // always create new ids on pasted content
diff --git a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/extensions/DropCursor/MultiColumnDropCursorPlugin.ts b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/extensions/DropCursor/MultiColumnDropCursorPlugin.ts
index 4bfc5ae870..0b226dbd90 100644
--- a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/extensions/DropCursor/MultiColumnDropCursorPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/extensions/DropCursor/MultiColumnDropCursorPlugin.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ export function multiColumnDropCursor(
             editor.schema.styleSchema
           );
 
+          // The user is dropping next to the original block being dragged - do
+          // nothing.
+          if (block.id === draggedBlock.id) {
+            return;
+          }
+
           const blocks =
             position === "left" ? [draggedBlock, block] : [block, draggedBlock];
           editor.removeBlocks([draggedBlock]);