diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
index 0bc5416047b..cac9d26c593 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { memo, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import AutoSizer from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { locationService, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { FilterInput, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(({ match }: Props) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const [searchState, stateManager] = useSearchStateManager();
   const isSearching = stateManager.hasSearchFilters();
+  const search = locationService.getSearch();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     stateManager.initStateFromUrl(folderUID);
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(({ match }: Props) => {
     );
   }, [dispatch, folderUID, stateManager]);
 
+  // Trigger search when "starred" query param changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    stateManager.onSetStarred(search.has('starred'));
+  }, [search, stateManager]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     // Clear the search results when we leave SearchView to prevent old results flashing
     // when starting a new search
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/state/SearchStateManager.ts b/public/app/features/search/state/SearchStateManager.ts
index c85d6c33d41..f07c12e6038 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/state/SearchStateManager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/state/SearchStateManager.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ export class SearchStateManager extends StateManagerBase<SearchState> {
     this.setStateAndDoSearch({ starred: false });
   };
 
+  onSetStarred = (starred: boolean) => {
+    if (starred !== this.state.starred) {
+      this.setStateAndDoSearch({ starred });
+    }
+  };
+
   onSortChange = (sort: string | undefined) => {
     if (sort) {
       localStorage.setItem(SEARCH_SELECTED_SORT, sort);