diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
index db5499760d9..f76854572da 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
@@ -575,8 +575,7 @@ describe('getLinksSupplier', () => {
     expect(links[0]).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
         title: 'testDS',
-        href:
-          '/explore?left={"datasource":"testDS","queries":["12345"],"ui":{"showingGraph":true,"showingTable":true,"showingLogs":true}}',
+        href: '/explore?left={"datasource":"testDS","queries":["12345"]}',
         onClick: undefined,
       })
     );
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
index 0c1eceec5ab..dbac4ef74a4 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export interface DataQueryRequest<TQuery extends DataQuery = DataQuery> {
   // Explore state used by various datasources
   liveStreaming?: boolean;
   /**
-   * @deprecated showingGraph and showingTable are always set to true and set to true
+   * @deprecated showingGraph and showingTable are always set to true
    */
   showingGraph?: boolean;
   showingTable?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/explore.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/explore.ts
index 92fd8a1e322..18abab2d122 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/explore.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/explore.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
 import { RawTimeRange } from './time';
-import { LogsDedupStrategy } from './logs';
 
 /** @internal */
 export interface ExploreUrlState {
   datasource: string;
   queries: any[]; // Should be a DataQuery, but we're going to strip refIds, so typing makes less sense
   range: RawTimeRange;
-  ui: ExploreUIState;
   originPanelId?: number;
   context?: string;
 }
-
-/** @internal */
-export interface ExploreUIState {
-  showingTable: boolean;
-  showingGraph: boolean;
-  showingLogs: boolean;
-  dedupStrategy?: LogsDedupStrategy;
-}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts
index 97674cd8b67..087c2be4bd6 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ describe('mapInternalLinkToExplore', () => {
     expect(link).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
         title: 'testDS',
-        href:
-          '/explore?left={"datasource":"testDS","queries":[{"query":"12344"}],"ui":{"showingGraph":true,"showingTable":true,"showingLogs":true}}',
+        href: '/explore?left={"datasource":"testDS","queries":[{"query":"12344"}]}',
         onClick: undefined,
       })
     );
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
index dd792021b0f..c80da690f80 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ function generateInternalHref<T extends DataQuery = any>(datasourceName: string,
       range: range.raw,
       datasource: datasourceName,
       queries: [query],
-      // This should get overwritten if datasource does not support that mode and we do not know what mode is
-      // preferred anyway.
-      ui: {
-        showingGraph: true,
-        showingTable: true,
-        showingLogs: true,
-      },
     })}`
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/url.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/url.ts
index af426ea252f..b8577a8624f 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/url.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/utils/url.ts
@@ -134,20 +134,7 @@ export const urlUtil = {
 
 export function serializeStateToUrlParam(urlState: ExploreUrlState, compact?: boolean): string {
   if (compact) {
-    return JSON.stringify([
-      urlState.range.from,
-      urlState.range.to,
-      urlState.datasource,
-      ...urlState.queries,
-      {
-        ui: [
-          !!urlState.ui.showingGraph,
-          !!urlState.ui.showingLogs,
-          !!urlState.ui.showingTable,
-          urlState.ui.dedupStrategy,
-        ],
-      },
-    ]);
+    return JSON.stringify([urlState.range.from, urlState.range.to, urlState.datasource, ...urlState.queries]);
   }
   return JSON.stringify(urlState);
 }
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
index bffe80a9f1f..eddbec19974 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   GetExploreUrlArguments,
 } from './explore';
 import store from 'app/core/store';
-import { DataQueryError, dateTime, LogsDedupStrategy, ExploreUrlState, LogsSortOrder } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataQueryError, dateTime, ExploreUrlState, LogsSortOrder } from '@grafana/data';
 import { RefreshPicker } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { serializeStateToUrlParam } from '@grafana/data/src/utils/url';
 
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ const DEFAULT_EXPLORE_STATE: ExploreUrlState = {
   datasource: '',
   queries: [],
   range: DEFAULT_RANGE,
-  ui: {
-    showingGraph: true,
-    showingTable: true,
-    showingLogs: true,
-    dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.none,
-  },
   originPanelId: undefined,
 };
 
@@ -103,8 +97,7 @@ describe('state functions', () => {
 
       expect(serializeStateToUrlParam(state)).toBe(
         '{"datasource":"foo","queries":[{"expr":"metric{test=\\"a/b\\"}"},' +
-          '{"expr":"super{foo=\\"x/z\\"}"}],"range":{"from":"now-5h","to":"now"},' +
-          '"ui":{"showingGraph":true,"showingTable":true,"showingLogs":true,"dedupStrategy":"none"}}'
+          '{"expr":"super{foo=\\"x/z\\"}"}],"range":{"from":"now-5h","to":"now"}}'
       );
     });
 
@@ -126,7 +119,7 @@ describe('state functions', () => {
         },
       };
       expect(serializeStateToUrlParam(state, true)).toBe(
-        '["now-5h","now","foo",{"expr":"metric{test=\\"a/b\\"}"},{"expr":"super{foo=\\"x/z\\"}"},{"ui":[true,true,true,"none"]}]'
+        '["now-5h","now","foo",{"expr":"metric{test=\\"a/b\\"}"},{"expr":"super{foo=\\"x/z\\"}"}]'
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
index 8d058c5f34e..3022c9a4852 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_RANGE = {
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_UI_STATE = {
-  showingTable: true,
-  showingGraph: true,
-  showingLogs: true,
   dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.none,
 };
 
@@ -189,13 +186,6 @@ enum ParseUrlStateIndex {
   SegmentsStart = 3,
 }
 
-enum ParseUiStateIndex {
-  Graph = 0,
-  Logs = 1,
-  Table = 2,
-  Strategy = 3,
-}
-
 export const safeParseJson = (text?: string): any | undefined => {
   if (!text) {
     return;
@@ -228,7 +218,6 @@ export function parseUrlState(initial: string | undefined): ExploreUrlState {
     datasource: null,
     queries: [],
     range: DEFAULT_RANGE,
-    ui: DEFAULT_UI_STATE,
     mode: null,
     originPanelId: null,
   };
@@ -254,18 +243,8 @@ export function parseUrlState(initial: string | undefined): ExploreUrlState {
   const parsedSegments = parsed.slice(ParseUrlStateIndex.SegmentsStart);
   const queries = parsedSegments.filter(segment => !isSegment(segment, 'ui', 'originPanelId'));
 
-  const uiState = parsedSegments.filter(segment => isSegment(segment, 'ui'))[0];
-  const ui = uiState
-    ? {
-        showingGraph: uiState.ui[ParseUiStateIndex.Graph],
-        showingLogs: uiState.ui[ParseUiStateIndex.Logs],
-        showingTable: uiState.ui[ParseUiStateIndex.Table],
-        dedupStrategy: uiState.ui[ParseUiStateIndex.Strategy],
-      }
-    : DEFAULT_UI_STATE;
-
   const originPanelId = parsedSegments.filter(segment => isSegment(segment, 'originPanelId'))[0];
-  return { datasource, queries, range, ui, originPanelId };
+  return { datasource, queries, range, originPanelId };
 }
 
 export function generateKey(index = 0): string {
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/richHistory.ts b/public/app/core/utils/richHistory.ts
index 8c41a5b40da..b0eb3e7b97e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/richHistory.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/richHistory.ts
@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ export const createUrlFromRichHistory = (query: RichHistoryQuery) => {
     range: { from: 'now-1h', to: 'now' },
     datasource: query.datasourceName,
     queries: query.queries,
-    ui: {
-      showingGraph: true,
-      showingLogs: true,
-      showingTable: true,
-    },
     context: 'explore',
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
index 5829dc220b4..a19f4c981d3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const dummyProps: ExploreProps = {
     queries: false,
     range: false,
     mode: false,
-    ui: false,
   },
   refreshExplore: jest.fn(),
   scanning: false,
@@ -52,11 +51,6 @@ const dummyProps: ExploreProps = {
       to: 'now',
     },
   },
-  initialUI: {
-    showingTable: false,
-    showingGraph: false,
-    showingLogs: false,
-  },
   isLive: false,
   syncedTimes: false,
   updateTimeRange: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
index d1b996d6d31..cb7c3e3b7ba 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   RawTimeRange,
   TimeRange,
   TimeZone,
-  ExploreUIState,
   ExploreUrlState,
   LogsModel,
 } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ import { ExploreId, ExploreItemState, ExploreUpdateState } from 'app/types/explo
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 import {
   DEFAULT_RANGE,
-  DEFAULT_UI_STATE,
   ensureQueries,
   getFirstNonQueryRowSpecificError,
   getTimeRange,
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ export interface ExploreProps {
   initialDatasource: string;
   initialQueries: DataQuery[];
   initialRange: TimeRange;
-  initialUI: ExploreUIState;
   isLive: boolean;
   syncedTimes: boolean;
   updateTimeRange: typeof updateTimeRange;
@@ -171,15 +168,7 @@ export class Explore extends React.PureComponent<ExploreProps, ExploreState> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const {
-      initialized,
-      exploreId,
-      initialDatasource,
-      initialQueries,
-      initialRange,
-      initialUI,
-      originPanelId,
-    } = this.props;
+    const { initialized, exploreId, initialDatasource, initialQueries, initialRange, originPanelId } = this.props;
     const width = this.el ? this.el.offsetWidth : 0;
 
     // initialize the whole explore first time we mount and if browser history contains a change in datasource
@@ -191,7 +180,6 @@ export class Explore extends React.PureComponent<ExploreProps, ExploreState> {
         initialRange,
         width,
         this.exploreEvents,
-        initialUI,
         originPanelId
       );
     }
@@ -289,7 +277,7 @@ export class Explore extends React.PureComponent<ExploreProps, ExploreState> {
   refreshExplore = () => {
     const { exploreId, update } = this.props;
 
-    if (update.queries || update.ui || update.range || update.datasource || update.mode) {
+    if (update.queries || update.range || update.datasource || update.mode) {
       this.props.refreshExplore(exploreId);
     }
   };
@@ -474,15 +462,13 @@ function mapStateToProps(state: StoreState, { exploreId }: ExploreProps): Partia
     queryResponse,
   } = item;
 
-  const { datasource, queries, range: urlRange, ui, originPanelId } = (urlState || {}) as ExploreUrlState;
+  const { datasource, queries, range: urlRange, originPanelId } = (urlState || {}) as ExploreUrlState;
   const initialDatasource = datasource || store.get(lastUsedDatasourceKeyForOrgId(state.user.orgId));
   const initialQueries: DataQuery[] = ensureQueriesMemoized(queries);
   const initialRange = urlRange
     ? getTimeRangeFromUrlMemoized(urlRange, timeZone)
     : getTimeRange(timeZone, DEFAULT_RANGE);
 
-  const initialUI = ui || DEFAULT_UI_STATE;
-
   return {
     datasourceInstance,
     datasourceMissing,
@@ -493,7 +479,6 @@ function mapStateToProps(state: StoreState, { exploreId }: ExploreProps): Partia
     initialDatasource,
     initialQueries,
     initialRange,
-    initialUI,
     isLive,
     graphResult: graphResult ?? undefined,
     logsResult: logsResult ?? undefined,
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
index 79e188fedcd..0115e9e5f4c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   PanelData,
   QueryFixAction,
   TimeRange,
-  ExploreUIState,
+  LogsDedupStrategy,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { ExploreId, ExploreItemState } from 'app/types/explore';
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export interface InitializeExplorePayload {
   eventBridge: Emitter;
   queries: DataQuery[];
   range: TimeRange;
-  ui: ExploreUIState;
   originPanelId?: number | null;
 }
 
@@ -126,10 +125,6 @@ export interface SyncTimesPayload {
   syncedTimes: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface UpdateUIStatePayload extends Partial<ExploreUIState> {
-  exploreId: ExploreId;
-}
-
 export interface UpdateDatasourceInstancePayload {
   exploreId: ExploreId;
   datasourceInstance: DataSourceApi;
@@ -170,6 +165,11 @@ export interface ResetExplorePayload {
   force?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface ChangeDedupStrategyPayload {
+  exploreId: ExploreId;
+  dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy;
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds a query row after the row with the given index.
  */
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ export const changeSizeAction = createAction<ChangeSizePayload>('explore/changeS
  */
 export const changeRefreshIntervalAction = createAction<ChangeRefreshIntervalPayload>('explore/changeRefreshInterval');
 
+/**
+ * Change deduplication strategy for logs.
+ */
+export const changeDedupStrategyAction = createAction<ChangeDedupStrategyPayload>('explore/changeDedupStrategyAction');
+
 /**
  * Clear all queries and results.
  */
@@ -283,10 +288,6 @@ export const splitOpenAction = createAction<SplitOpenPayload>('explore/splitOpen
 export const syncTimesAction = createAction<SyncTimesPayload>('explore/syncTimes');
 
 export const richHistoryUpdatedAction = createAction<any>('explore/richHistoryUpdated');
-/**
- * Update state of Explores UI elements (panels visiblity and deduplication  strategy)
- */
-export const updateUIStateAction = createAction<UpdateUIStatePayload>('explore/updateUIState');
 
 /**
  * Updates datasource instance before datasouce loading has started
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.test.ts
index e12faa1ca3e..182913c024a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { DataQuery, DefaultTimeZone, LogsDedupStrategy, toUtc, ExploreUrlState } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataQuery, DefaultTimeZone, toUtc, ExploreUrlState } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { cancelQueries, loadDatasource, navigateToExplore, refreshExplore } from './actions';
 import { ExploreId, ExploreUpdateState } from 'app/types';
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   loadDatasourceReadyAction,
   scanStopAction,
   setQueriesAction,
-  updateUIStateAction,
 } from './actionTypes';
 import { Emitter } from 'app/core/core';
 import { makeInitialUpdateState } from './reducers';
@@ -63,14 +62,12 @@ const setup = (updateOverides?: Partial<ExploreUpdateState>) => {
   const exploreId = ExploreId.left;
   const containerWidth = 1920;
   const eventBridge = {} as Emitter;
-  const ui = { dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.none, showingGraph: false, showingLogs: false, showingTable: false };
   const timeZone = DefaultTimeZone;
   const range = testRange;
   const urlState: ExploreUrlState = {
     datasource: 'some-datasource',
     queries: [],
     range: range.raw,
-    ui,
   };
   const updateDefaults = makeInitialUpdateState();
   const update = { ...updateDefaults, ...updateOverides };
@@ -89,7 +86,6 @@ const setup = (updateOverides?: Partial<ExploreUpdateState>) => {
         datasourceInstance: { name: 'some-datasource' },
         queries: [] as DataQuery[],
         range,
-        ui,
         refreshInterval: {
           label: 'Off',
           value: 0,
@@ -102,7 +98,6 @@ const setup = (updateOverides?: Partial<ExploreUpdateState>) => {
     initialState,
     exploreId,
     range,
-    ui,
     containerWidth,
     eventBridge,
   };
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ describe('refreshExplore', () => {
   describe('when explore is initialized', () => {
     describe('and update datasource is set', () => {
       it('then it should dispatch initializeExplore', async () => {
-        const { exploreId, ui, initialState, containerWidth, eventBridge } = setup({ datasource: true });
+        const { exploreId, initialState, containerWidth, eventBridge } = setup({ datasource: true });
 
         const dispatchedActions = await thunkTester(initialState)
           .givenThunk(refreshExplore)
@@ -129,20 +124,6 @@ describe('refreshExplore', () => {
         expect(payload.range.to).toEqual(testRange.to);
         expect(payload.range.raw.from).toEqual(testRange.raw.from);
         expect(payload.range.raw.to).toEqual(testRange.raw.to);
-        expect(payload.ui).toEqual(ui);
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('and update ui is set', () => {
-      it('then it should dispatch updateUIStateAction', async () => {
-        const { exploreId, initialState, ui } = setup({ ui: true });
-
-        const dispatchedActions = await thunkTester(initialState)
-          .givenThunk(refreshExplore)
-          .whenThunkIsDispatched(exploreId);
-
-        expect(dispatchedActions[0].type).toEqual(updateUIStateAction.type);
-        expect(dispatchedActions[0].payload).toEqual({ ...ui, exploreId });
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
index 4cafe04b63f..a04a6349292 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import {
   dateTimeForTimeZone,
   isDateTime,
   LoadingState,
-  LogsDedupStrategy,
   PanelData,
   QueryFixAction,
   RawTimeRange,
   TimeRange,
   ExploreUrlState,
-  ExploreUIState,
+  LogsDedupStrategy,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 // Services & Utils
 import store from 'app/core/store';
@@ -78,9 +77,10 @@ import {
   splitOpenAction,
   syncTimesAction,
   updateDatasourceInstanceAction,
-  updateUIStateAction,
   changeLoadingStateAction,
   cancelQueriesAction,
+  changeDedupStrategyAction,
+  ChangeDedupStrategyPayload,
 } from './actionTypes';
 import { getTimeZone } from 'app/features/profile/state/selectors';
 import { getShiftedTimeRange } from 'app/core/utils/timePicker';
@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@ import { PanelModel, DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
 import { getExploreDatasources } from './selectors';
 import { serializeStateToUrlParam } from '@grafana/data/src/utils/url';
 
-/**
- * Updates UI state and save it to the URL
- */
-const updateExploreUIState = (exploreId: ExploreId, uiStateFragment: Partial<ExploreUIState>): ThunkResult<void> => {
-  return dispatch => {
-    dispatch(updateUIStateAction({ exploreId, ...uiStateFragment }));
-    dispatch(stateSave());
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * Adds a query row after the row with the given index.
  */
@@ -224,6 +214,16 @@ export function changeRefreshInterval(
   return changeRefreshIntervalAction({ exploreId, refreshInterval });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Change logs deduplication strategy.
+ */
+export const changeDedupStrategy = (
+  exploreId: ExploreId,
+  dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy
+): PayloadAction<ChangeDedupStrategyPayload> => {
+  return changeDedupStrategyAction({ exploreId, dedupStrategy });
+};
+
 /**
  * Clear all queries and results.
  */
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ export function initializeExplore(
   range: TimeRange,
   containerWidth: number,
   eventBridge: Emitter,
-  ui: ExploreUIState,
   originPanelId?: number | null
 ): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch, getState) => {
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@ export function initializeExplore(
         eventBridge,
         queries,
         range,
-        ui,
         originPanelId,
       })
     );
@@ -568,12 +566,6 @@ export const stateSave = (): ThunkResult<void> => {
       datasource: left.datasourceInstance!.name,
       queries: left.queries.map(clearQueryKeys),
       range: toRawTimeRange(left.range),
-      ui: {
-        showingGraph: true,
-        showingLogs: true,
-        showingTable: true,
-        dedupStrategy: left.dedupStrategy,
-      },
     };
     urlStates.left = serializeStateToUrlParam(leftUrlState, true);
     if (split) {
@@ -581,12 +573,6 @@ export const stateSave = (): ThunkResult<void> => {
         datasource: right.datasourceInstance!.name,
         queries: right.queries.map(clearQueryKeys),
         range: toRawTimeRange(right.range),
-        ui: {
-          showingGraph: true,
-          showingLogs: true,
-          showingTable: true,
-          dedupStrategy: right.dedupStrategy,
-        },
       };
 
       urlStates.right = serializeStateToUrlParam(rightUrlState, true);
@@ -745,15 +731,6 @@ export function syncTimes(exploreId: ExploreId): ThunkResult<void> {
   };
 }
 
-/**
- * Change logs deduplication strategy and update URL.
- */
-export const changeDedupStrategy = (exploreId: ExploreId, dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy): ThunkResult<void> => {
-  return dispatch => {
-    dispatch(updateExploreUIState(exploreId, { dedupStrategy }));
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * Reacts to changes in URL state that we need to sync back to our redux state. Checks the internal update variable
  * to see which parts change and need to be synced.
@@ -772,7 +749,7 @@ export function refreshExplore(exploreId: ExploreId): ThunkResult<void> {
       return;
     }
 
-    const { datasource, queries, range: urlRange, ui, originPanelId } = urlState;
+    const { datasource, queries, range: urlRange, originPanelId } = urlState;
     const refreshQueries: DataQuery[] = [];
 
     for (let index = 0; index < queries.length; index++) {
@@ -787,7 +764,7 @@ export function refreshExplore(exploreId: ExploreId): ThunkResult<void> {
     if (update.datasource) {
       const initialQueries = ensureQueries(queries);
       dispatch(
-        initializeExplore(exploreId, datasource, initialQueries, range, containerWidth, eventBridge, ui, originPanelId)
+        initializeExplore(exploreId, datasource, initialQueries, range, containerWidth, eventBridge, originPanelId)
       );
       return;
     }
@@ -796,18 +773,13 @@ export function refreshExplore(exploreId: ExploreId): ThunkResult<void> {
       dispatch(updateTime({ exploreId, rawRange: range.raw }));
     }
 
-    // need to refresh ui state
-    if (update.ui) {
-      dispatch(updateUIStateAction({ ...ui, exploreId }));
-    }
-
     // need to refresh queries
     if (update.queries) {
       dispatch(setQueriesAction({ exploreId, queries: refreshQueries }));
     }
 
     // always run queries when refresh is needed
-    if (update.queries || update.ui || update.range) {
+    if (update.queries || update.range) {
       dispatch(runQueries(exploreId));
     }
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
index 90a318166b2..8a26485b8a0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import {
   dateTime,
   ExploreMode,
   LoadingState,
-  LogsDedupStrategy,
   RawTimeRange,
   UrlQueryMap,
   ExploreUrlState,
+  LogsDedupStrategy,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   updateDatasourceInstanceAction,
   addQueryRowAction,
   removeQueryRowAction,
+  changeDedupStrategyAction,
 } from './actionTypes';
 import { updateLocation } from '../../../core/actions';
 import { serializeStateToUrlParam } from '@grafana/data/src/utils/url';
@@ -182,6 +183,24 @@ describe('Explore item reducer', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('changing dedup strategy', () => {
+    describe('when changeDedupStrategyAction is dispatched', () => {
+      it('then it should set correct dedup strategy in state', () => {
+        const initialState = makeExploreItemState();
+
+        reducerTester<ExploreItemState>()
+          .givenReducer(itemReducer, initialState)
+          .whenActionIsDispatched(
+            changeDedupStrategyAction({ exploreId: ExploreId.left, dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.exact })
+          )
+          .thenStateShouldEqual({
+            ...makeExploreItemState(),
+            dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.exact,
+          });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('query rows', () => {
     it('adds a new query row', () => {
       reducerTester<ExploreItemState>()
@@ -261,12 +280,6 @@ export const setup = (urlStateOverrides?: any) => {
       from: '',
       to: '',
     },
-    ui: {
-      dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy.none,
-      showingGraph: false,
-      showingTable: false,
-      showingLogs: false,
-    },
   };
   const urlState: ExploreUrlState = { ...urlStateDefaults, ...urlStateOverrides };
   const serializedUrlState = serializeStateToUrlParam(urlState);
@@ -557,47 +570,6 @@ describe('Explore reducer', () => {
             });
           });
 
-          describe('and ui differs', () => {
-            it('then it should return update ui', () => {
-              const { initialState, serializedUrlState } = setup();
-              const expectedState = {
-                ...initialState,
-                left: {
-                  ...initialState.left,
-                  update: {
-                    ...initialState.left.update,
-                    ui: true,
-                  },
-                },
-              };
-              const stateWithDifferentDataSource: any = {
-                ...initialState,
-                left: {
-                  ...initialState.left,
-                  urlState: {
-                    ...initialState.left.urlState,
-                    ui: {
-                      ...initialState.left.urlState!.ui,
-                      showingGraph: true,
-                    },
-                  },
-                },
-              };
-
-              reducerTester<ExploreState>()
-                .givenReducer(exploreReducer, stateWithDifferentDataSource)
-                .whenActionIsDispatched(
-                  updateLocation({
-                    query: {
-                      left: serializedUrlState,
-                    },
-                    path: '/explore',
-                  })
-                )
-                .thenStateShouldEqual(expectedState);
-            });
-          });
-
           describe('and nothing differs', () => {
             it('then it should return update ui', () => {
               const { initialState, serializedUrlState } = setup();
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
index ca5e84c1ac5..b34e5f3da1f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { RefreshPicker } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { LocationUpdate } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import {
-  DEFAULT_UI_STATE,
   ensureQueries,
   generateNewKeyAndAddRefIdIfMissing,
   getQueryKeys,
@@ -62,8 +61,8 @@ import {
   syncTimesAction,
   toggleLogLevelAction,
   updateDatasourceInstanceAction,
-  updateUIStateAction,
   cancelQueriesAction,
+  changeDedupStrategyAction,
 } from './actionTypes';
 import { ResultProcessor } from '../utils/ResultProcessor';
 import { updateLocation } from '../../../core/actions';
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ export const makeInitialUpdateState = (): ExploreUpdateState => ({
   queries: false,
   range: false,
   mode: false,
-  ui: false,
 });
 
 /**
@@ -237,8 +235,16 @@ export const itemReducer = (state: ExploreItemState = makeExploreItemState(), ac
     return { ...state, logsHighlighterExpressions: expressions };
   }
 
+  if (changeDedupStrategyAction.match(action)) {
+    const { dedupStrategy } = action.payload;
+    return {
+      ...state,
+      dedupStrategy,
+    };
+  }
+
   if (initializeExploreAction.match(action)) {
-    const { containerWidth, eventBridge, queries, range, ui, originPanelId } = action.payload;
+    const { containerWidth, eventBridge, queries, range, originPanelId } = action.payload;
     return {
       ...state,
       containerWidth,
@@ -247,7 +253,6 @@ export const itemReducer = (state: ExploreItemState = makeExploreItemState(), ac
       queries,
       initialized: true,
       queryKeys: getQueryKeys(queries, state.datasourceInstance),
-      ...ui,
       originPanelId,
       update: makeInitialUpdateState(),
     };
@@ -401,10 +406,6 @@ export const itemReducer = (state: ExploreItemState = makeExploreItemState(), ac
     };
   }
 
-  if (updateUIStateAction.match(action)) {
-    return { ...state, ...action.payload };
-  }
-
   if (queriesImportedAction.match(action)) {
     const { queries } = action.payload;
     return {
@@ -567,14 +568,13 @@ export const updateChildRefreshState = (
     return {
       ...state,
       urlState,
-      update: { datasource: false, queries: false, range: false, mode: false, ui: false },
+      update: { datasource: false, queries: false, range: false, mode: false },
     };
   }
 
   const datasource = _.isEqual(urlState ? urlState.datasource : '', state.urlState.datasource) === false;
   const queries = _.isEqual(urlState ? urlState.queries : [], state.urlState.queries) === false;
   const range = _.isEqual(urlState ? urlState.range : DEFAULT_RANGE, state.urlState.range) === false;
-  const ui = _.isEqual(urlState ? urlState.ui : DEFAULT_UI_STATE, state.urlState.ui) === false;
 
   return {
     ...state,
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ export const updateChildRefreshState = (
       datasource,
       queries,
       range,
-      ui,
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
index 9bdca463b97..c4d376a737e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('getFieldLinksForExplore', () => {
     const links = getFieldLinksForExplore(field, 0, splitfn, range);
 
     expect(links[0].href).toBe(
-      '/explore?left={"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"},"datasource":"test_ds","queries":[{"query":"query_1"}],"ui":{"showingGraph":true,"showingTable":true,"showingLogs":true}}'
+      '/explore?left={"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"},"datasource":"test_ds","queries":[{"query":"query_1"}]}'
     );
     expect(links[0].title).toBe('test_ds');
 
diff --git a/public/app/types/explore.ts b/public/app/types/explore.ts
index 1ecb8c6870a..940b837bdbe 100644
--- a/public/app/types/explore.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/explore.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ export interface ExploreUpdateState {
   queries: boolean;
   range: boolean;
   mode: boolean;
-  ui: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface QueryOptions {