diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
index 5a86ee5d04..45ccf05346 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ import { buildQueryEditorLineNumbersExtension, createQueryEditorLineNumberAlignm
 import { searchKeymapWithoutModD } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSearchKeymap";
 import { defaultKeymapForGlobalShortcuts } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorDefaultKeymap";
 import { appendSqlCompletionSpace } from "@/lib/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion";
-import { batchColumnSelectionColumnList, batchColumnSelectionInsertReplacement, batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo, isBatchColumnSelectionCompletionActive, shouldResolveSqlColumnCompletion } from "@/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection";
+import { batchColumnSelectionColumnList, batchColumnSelectionInsertReplacement, batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo, completionReplacementTo, isBatchColumnSelectionCompletionActive, shouldResolveSqlColumnCompletion } from "@/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection";
 import { compareSqlCompletions, completionLabelPresentation } from "@/lib/editor/sqlCompletionPresentation";
 import { clampEditorFontSize, createEditorWheelZoomGestureGuard, createEditorZoomCommitScheduler, fontSizeFromGestureScale, fontSizeFromWheelDelta } from "@/lib/editor/editorZoom";
 import { buildSqlShortcutExecutionSql, enabledSqlShortcutActions, resolveSqlShortcutForDatabase, uniqueSqlShortcutBindings } from "@/lib/sql/sqlShortcutActions";
@@ -4206,6 +4206,7 @@ interface BatchColumnSelectionSession {
   from: number;
   to: number;
   replaceClosingQuote?: SqlCompletionItem["replaceClosingQuote"];
+  replaceSelectWildcard?: true;
   candidates: BatchColumnSelectionCandidate[];
   selectedKeys: Set<string>;
   completionOptions: Map<string, QueryCompletionOption>;
@@ -4405,6 +4406,7 @@ function prepareBatchColumnSelectionSession(items: SqlCompletionItem[], document
       from,
       to,
       replaceClosingQuote: selectableItems[0]!.replaceClosingQuote,
+      replaceSelectWildcard: selectableItems[0]!.replaceSelectWildcard,
       candidates,
       selectedKeys: new Set(),
       completionOptions: new Map(),
@@ -4649,10 +4651,12 @@ function applyBatchColumnSelection(view: EditorViewType, item: BatchColumnSelect
     session.qualifier,
   );
   let replaceTo = batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({
+    from,
     to,
     mode: session.mode,
     nextCharacter: view.state.sliceDoc(to, to + 1),
     replaceClosingQuote: session.replaceClosingQuote,
+    replaceSelectWildcard: session.replaceSelectWildcard,
   });
   let insert = columns;
   if (session.mode === "insert") {
@@ -4857,7 +4861,14 @@ function completionOptionForItem(item: QueryCompletionItem | BatchColumnSelectio
       apply(view: EditorViewType, completionItem: unknown, from: number, to: number) {
         record();
         markCompletionAccepted(item);
-        const replaceTo = "replaceClosingQuote" in item && item.replaceClosingQuote === view.state.sliceDoc(to, to + 1) ? to + 1 : to;
+        const nextCharacter = view.state.sliceDoc(to, to + 1);
+        const replaceTo = completionReplacementTo({
+          from,
+          to,
+          nextCharacter,
+          replaceClosingQuote: "replaceClosingQuote" in item ? item.replaceClosingQuote : undefined,
+          replaceSelectWildcard: "replaceSelectWildcard" in item ? item.replaceSelectWildcard : undefined,
+        });
         if (typeof originalApply === "function") {
           originalApply(view, completionItem as never, from, replaceTo);
         } else {
@@ -4887,7 +4898,14 @@ function completionOptionForItem(item: QueryCompletionItem | BatchColumnSelectio
     apply(view: EditorViewType, _completionItem: unknown, from: number, to: number) {
       record();
       markCompletionAccepted(item);
-      const replaceTo = "replaceClosingQuote" in item && item.replaceClosingQuote === view.state.sliceDoc(to, to + 1) ? to + 1 : to;
+      const nextCharacterAtCursor = view.state.sliceDoc(to, to + 1);
+      const replaceTo = completionReplacementTo({
+        from,
+        to,
+        nextCharacter: nextCharacterAtCursor,
+        replaceClosingQuote: "replaceClosingQuote" in item ? item.replaceClosingQuote : undefined,
+        replaceSelectWildcard: "replaceSelectWildcard" in item ? item.replaceSelectWildcard : undefined,
+      });
       const insert = appendSqlCompletionSpace(item.apply ?? item.label, {
         enabled: ("appendSpace" in item && item.appendSpace === true) || (shouldInsertSqlCompletionSpace() && settingsStore.editorSettings.insertSpaceAfterCompletion),
         itemType: item.type,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/batchColumnSelection.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/batchColumnSelection.spec.ts
index 16466bf54f..6e08cb2006 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/batchColumnSelection.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/batchColumnSelection.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { snippetCompletion } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+import { EditorState } from "@codemirror/state";
+import { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { batchColumnSelectionColumnList, batchColumnSelectionInsertReplacement, batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo, isBatchColumnSelectionCompletionActive, shouldResolveSqlColumnCompletion } from "@/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection";
+import { batchColumnSelectionColumnList, batchColumnSelectionInsertReplacement, batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo, completionReplacementTo, isBatchColumnSelectionCompletionActive, shouldResolveSqlColumnCompletion, shouldSwallowSelectStar } from "@/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection";
+import { getSqlCompletionContext, prepareSqlCompletionReplacement } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletion";
+
+const columnItem = { label: "price", type: "column" as const, apply: "price", boost: 0 };
+
+function replaceSelectWildcardFor(document: string, to: number): boolean {
+  const context = getSqlCompletionContext(document, to);
+  return prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(document, to, context, [columnItem]).items[0]?.replaceSelectWildcard === true;
+}
 
 describe("batchColumnSelectionColumnList", () => {
   it("keeps a typed qualifier on every projection after the first", () => {
@@ -13,15 +26,79 @@ describe("batchColumnSelectionColumnList", () => {
 
 describe("batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo", () => {
   it("consumes the auto-inserted INSERT closing parenthesis", () => {
-    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ to: 20, mode: "insert", nextCharacter: ")" })).toBe(21);
+    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from: 20, to: 20, mode: "insert", nextCharacter: ")" })).toBe(21);
   });
 
   it("keeps the replacement boundary when INSERT has no closing parenthesis", () => {
-    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ to: 20, mode: "insert", nextCharacter: "" })).toBe(20);
+    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from: 20, to: 20, mode: "insert", nextCharacter: "" })).toBe(20);
   });
 
   it("continues consuming a matching closing identifier quote", () => {
-    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ to: 20, mode: "select", nextCharacter: '"', replaceClosingQuote: '"' })).toBe(21);
+    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from: 20, to: 20, mode: "select", nextCharacter: '"', replaceClosingQuote: '"' })).toBe(21);
+  });
+
+  it("consumes a lone SELECT * immediately after an empty-prefix completion (#9433-adjacent)", () => {
+    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from: 7, to: 7, mode: "select", nextCharacter: "*", replaceSelectWildcard: true })).toBe(8);
+  });
+
+  it("does not consume a `*` that is a multiplication operator, not the wildcard", () => {
+    expect(batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from: 7, to: 7, mode: "select", nextCharacter: "*", replaceSelectWildcard: false })).toBe(7);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("shouldSwallowSelectStar", () => {
+  it("swallows a bare `*` only with an explicit SELECT wildcard marker", () => {
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 7, "*", true)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 7, "*", false)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 7, "*")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a `*` alone once a real prefix was replaced", () => {
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 10, "*", true)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves any other trailing character alone", () => {
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 7, " ", true)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldSwallowSelectStar(7, 7, "", true)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("completion wildcard acceptance", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["SELECT * FROM users", "SELECT price FROM users"],
+    ["SELECT *qty FROM users", "SELECT price*qty FROM users"],
+  ])("applies ordinary completion without deleting multiplication in %s", (document, expected) => {
+    const from = document.indexOf("*");
+    const replaceTo = completionReplacementTo({ from, to: from, nextCharacter: "*", replaceSelectWildcard: replaceSelectWildcardFor(document, from) });
+    const transaction = EditorState.create({ doc: document }).update({ changes: { from, to: replaceTo, insert: "price" } });
+
+    expect(transaction.state.doc.toString()).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["SELECT * FROM users", "SELECT price FROM users"],
+    ["SELECT *qty FROM users", "SELECT price*qty FROM users"],
+  ])("applies snippet completion without deleting multiplication in %s", (document, expected) => {
+    const from = document.indexOf("*");
+    const replaceTo = completionReplacementTo({ from, to: from, nextCharacter: "*", replaceSelectWildcard: replaceSelectWildcardFor(document, from) });
+    const view = new EditorView({ parent: window.document.createElement("div"), state: EditorState.create({ doc: document }) });
+    const snippet = snippetCompletion("price", { label: "price", type: "function" });
+
+    expect(typeof snippet.apply).toBe("function");
+    if (typeof snippet.apply === "function") snippet.apply(view, snippet, from, replaceTo);
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(expected);
+    view.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["SELECT * FROM users", "SELECT price, qty FROM users"],
+    ["SELECT *qty FROM users", "SELECT price, qty*qty FROM users"],
+  ])("applies batch completion without deleting multiplication in %s", (document, expected) => {
+    const from = document.indexOf("*");
+    const replaceTo = batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo({ from, to: from, mode: "select", nextCharacter: "*", replaceSelectWildcard: replaceSelectWildcardFor(document, from) });
+    const transaction = EditorState.create({ doc: document }).update({ changes: { from, to: replaceTo, insert: "price, qty" } });
+
+    expect(transaction.state.doc.toString()).toBe(expected);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlCompletion.context.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlCompletion.context.spec.ts
index a5ccc9a21b..384f526197 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlCompletion.context.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/sql/sqlCompletion.context.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   buildSqlCompletionItemsFromContext,
   getPostgresSequenceLiteralCompletionContext,
   getSqlCompletionContext,
+  prepareSqlCompletionReplacement,
   selectStarResultColumnsMatch,
   shouldAutoOpenSqlCompletion,
 } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletion";
@@ -13,6 +14,42 @@ import { sqlCompletionContextFromSemantic } from "@/lib/sql/semantic/completion"
 import { buildSqlSemanticModel } from "@/lib/sql/semantic/model";
 import { originForSqlCompletionProvider, originForTypedSqlCompletionStart, shouldAllowSqlCompletionTrigger, type SqlCompletionTriggerFacts } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletionTriggerPolicy";
 
+describe("SQL completion replacement", () => {
+  const columnItem = { label: "price", type: "column" as const, apply: "price", boost: 0 };
+
+  it("marks a standalone SELECT wildcard for replacement", () => {
+    const sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
+    const cursor = sql.indexOf("*");
+    const context = getSqlCompletionContext(sql, cursor);
+
+    expect(prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql, cursor, context, [columnItem]).items[0]).toMatchObject({ replaceSelectWildcard: true });
+  });
+
+  it("does not mark the multiplication operator before an untyped right operand", () => {
+    const sql = "SELECT *qty FROM users";
+    const cursor = sql.indexOf("*");
+    const context = getSqlCompletionContext(sql, cursor);
+
+    expect(prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql, cursor, context, [columnItem]).items[0]).not.toHaveProperty("replaceSelectWildcard");
+  });
+
+  it("does not mark an expression operator after another projection operand", () => {
+    const sql = "SELECT amount + * FROM users";
+    const cursor = sql.indexOf("*");
+    const context = getSqlCompletionContext(sql, cursor);
+
+    expect(prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql, cursor, context, [columnItem]).items[0]).not.toHaveProperty("replaceSelectWildcard");
+  });
+
+  it("marks a standalone wildcard after a SELECT modifier", () => {
+    const sql = "SELECT DISTINCT * FROM users";
+    const cursor = sql.indexOf("*");
+    const context = getSqlCompletionContext(sql, cursor);
+
+    expect(prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql, cursor, context, [columnItem]).items[0]).toMatchObject({ replaceSelectWildcard: true });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("sqlCompletion keyword snippets", () => {
   it("auto-opens and suggests SELECT when typing sel", () => {
     const sql = "sel";
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection.ts
index 798d1c2a86..c7eee85102 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/batchColumnSelection.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,24 @@ export function shouldResolveSqlColumnCompletion(options: { suggestColumns: bool
   return options.suggestColumns && options.hasReferencedTables && (options.prefix.length > 0 || options.typedActivation || options.selectListColumnContext);
 }
 
+export function shouldSwallowSelectStar(from: number, to: number, nextCharacter: string, replaceSelectWildcard = false): boolean {
+  return replaceSelectWildcard && from === to && nextCharacter === "*";
+}
+
+export function completionReplacementTo(options: { from: number; to: number; nextCharacter: string; replaceClosingQuote?: string; replaceSelectWildcard?: boolean }): number {
+  const { from, to, nextCharacter, replaceClosingQuote, replaceSelectWildcard } = options;
+  return replaceClosingQuote === nextCharacter || shouldSwallowSelectStar(from, to, nextCharacter, replaceSelectWildcard) ? to + 1 : to;
+}
+
 /**
  * The INSERT batch action writes its own closing parenthesis before VALUES.
  * Consume an existing one (normally inserted by CodeMirror's auto-close
  * brackets extension) so the resulting statement has exactly one `)`.
  */
-export function batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo(options: { to: number; mode: BatchColumnSelectionMode; nextCharacter: string; replaceClosingQuote?: string }): number {
-  const { to, mode, nextCharacter, replaceClosingQuote } = options;
-  return replaceClosingQuote === nextCharacter || (mode === "insert" && nextCharacter === ")") ? to + 1 : to;
+export function batchColumnSelectionReplaceTo(options: { from: number; to: number; mode: BatchColumnSelectionMode; nextCharacter: string; replaceClosingQuote?: string; replaceSelectWildcard?: boolean }): number {
+  const { from, to, mode, nextCharacter, replaceClosingQuote, replaceSelectWildcard } = options;
+  if (mode === "insert" && nextCharacter === ")") return to + 1;
+  return completionReplacementTo({ from, to, nextCharacter, replaceClosingQuote, replaceSelectWildcard });
 }
 
 export function batchColumnSelectionInsertReplacement(options: { document: string; to: number; columns: string; valuesKeyword: "values" | "VALUES"; valueCount: number }): { replaceTo: number; insert: string } {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlCompletion.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlCompletion.ts
index c51f686317..6f094f910e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlCompletion.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlCompletion.ts
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ export interface SqlCompletionItem {
   boost: number;
   exactMatch?: boolean;
   dedupeKey?: string;
+  replaceSelectWildcard?: true;
   /** Enables the query editor's checkbox-based batch insertion for this column. */
   batchSelectionMode?: "select" | "insert";
   /** Qualifier to prepend to every batch-selected column after the first one. */
@@ -1428,6 +1429,7 @@ export interface SqlCompletionContext {
   comparisonLeftColumn?: string;
   onStar: boolean;
   selectListColumnContext: boolean;
+  selectListWildcardAfterCursor?: boolean;
   preferredKeywords: string[];
   updateTarget?: { table: string; schema?: string };
   deleteTarget?: { table: string; schema?: string };
@@ -1448,22 +1450,47 @@ const SQL_COMPLETION_CLOSING_QUOTES: Readonly<Record<string, SqlCompletionClosin
   "[": "]",
 };
 
-export function prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql: string, cursor: number, context: Pick<SqlCompletionContext, "prefix" | "qualifier" | "replacementRange">, items: SqlCompletionItem[]): { from: number; items: SqlCompletionItem[] } {
+const SELECT_WILDCARD_FOLLOWING_CLAUSES = new Set(["except", "fetch", "for", "from", "group", "having", "intersect", "into", "limit", "offset", "order", "qualify", "union", "where", "window"]);
+const SELECT_PROJECTION_MODIFIERS = new Set(["all", "distinct", "distinctrow"]);
+
+function isStandaloneSelectWildcard(sql: string, cursor: number, selectListColumnContext: boolean, statementKind: SqlStatementKind, dialectId?: string): boolean {
+  if (!selectListColumnContext || statementKind !== "select" || sql[cursor] !== "*") return false;
+
+  const tokens = tokenizeSqlSemantic(sql, dialectId).filter((token) => token.kind !== "comment");
+  const starIndex = tokens.findIndex((token) => token.span.start === cursor && token.text === "*");
+  if (starIndex < 0) return false;
+
+  const star = tokens[starIndex]!;
+  let previousIndex = starIndex - 1;
+  while (previousIndex >= 0 && tokens[previousIndex]!.depth === star.depth && tokens[previousIndex]!.kind === "word" && SELECT_PROJECTION_MODIFIERS.has(tokens[previousIndex]!.normalized)) previousIndex--;
+  const previous = tokens[previousIndex];
+  const startsProjection = previous?.depth === star.depth && (previous.normalized === "select" || previous.text === ",");
+  if (!startsProjection) return false;
+
+  const next = tokens.slice(starIndex + 1).find((token) => token.depth <= star.depth);
+  if (!next) return true;
+  if (next.depth !== star.depth) return false;
+  return next.text === "," || next.text === ";" || (next.kind === "word" && SELECT_WILDCARD_FOLLOWING_CLAUSES.has(next.normalized));
+}
+
+export function prepareSqlCompletionReplacement(sql: string, cursor: number, context: Pick<SqlCompletionContext, "prefix" | "qualifier" | "replacementRange" | "selectListWildcardAfterCursor">, items: SqlCompletionItem[]): { from: number; items: SqlCompletionItem[] } {
   const range = context.replacementRange;
   const from = range && range.start >= 0 && range.start <= cursor && range.end === cursor ? range.start : cursor - context.prefix.length;
   const closingQuote = from < cursor ? SQL_COMPLETION_CLOSING_QUOTES[sql[from] ?? ""] : undefined;
-  if (!closingQuote) return { from, items };
   const replaceClosingQuote = sql[cursor] === closingQuote ? closingQuote : undefined;
+  const replaceSelectWildcard = from === cursor && context.selectListWildcardAfterCursor === true;
+  if (!closingQuote && !replaceSelectWildcard) return { from, items };
   return {
     from,
     items: items.map((item) => {
       let prepared = item;
       const apply = item.apply ?? item.label;
-      if (item.type === "column" && !(apply.startsWith(sql[from] ?? "") && apply.endsWith(closingQuote)) && (context.qualifier || !apply.includes("."))) {
+      if (closingQuote && item.type === "column" && !(apply.startsWith(sql[from] ?? "") && apply.endsWith(closingQuote)) && (context.qualifier || !apply.includes("."))) {
         const escaped = apply.replaceAll(closingQuote, closingQuote + closingQuote);
         prepared = { ...prepared, apply: `${sql[from]}${escaped}${closingQuote}` };
       }
-      return replaceClosingQuote && !prepared.replaceClosingQuote ? { ...prepared, replaceClosingQuote } : prepared;
+      if (replaceClosingQuote && !prepared.replaceClosingQuote) prepared = { ...prepared, replaceClosingQuote };
+      return replaceSelectWildcard && !prepared.replaceSelectWildcard ? { ...prepared, replaceSelectWildcard: true } : prepared;
     }),
   };
 }
@@ -2435,6 +2462,7 @@ export function getSqlCompletionContext(sql: string, cursor: number, options: Sq
   const suggestRoutines = inCallRoutineContext || oracleTableFunctionContext || inPotentialPackageMemberContext || (!exclusiveTableSuggestions && !exclusiveColumnSuggestions && !insertInfo && !updateInfo?.inSetClause && prefix.length >= 2);
 
   const statementKind = detectStatementKind(beforeCursor || fullStatement);
+  const selectListWildcardAfterCursor = isStandaloneSelectWildcard(rawStatement, cursor - statementSpan.start, selectListColumnContext, statementKind, resolveSqlDialectId(options));
   const dataTypeContext = isCreateTableColumnTypeContext(beforeToken, options.databaseType);
   const preferredValueKeywords = sqlServerDatepartCompletionValues(beforeCursor, options.databaseType);
   const preferredKeywords = qualifier ? [] : preferredKeywordsForCompletion(beforeCursor, beforeToken, selectListColumnContext, exclusiveTableSuggestions, updateInfo, deleteInfo, options.databaseType);
@@ -2480,6 +2508,7 @@ export function getSqlCompletionContext(sql: string, cursor: number, options: Sq
     comparisonLeftColumn: detectComparisonLeftColumn(beforeCursor),
     onStar: detectOnStar(beforeCursor),
     selectListColumnContext,
+    selectListWildcardAfterCursor,
     preferredKeywords,
     updateTarget: updateInfo?.target,
     deleteTarget: deleteInfo?.target,