diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/root.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/root.ts
index 71b150f6cd2..68ac180d36c 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/root.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/root.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import alertingReducers from 'app/features/alerting/state/reducers';
 import apiKeysReducers from 'app/features/api-keys/state/reducers';
 import authConfigReducers from 'app/features/auth-config/state/reducers';
 import { browseDashboardsAPI } from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI';
+import browseDashboardsReducers from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/state/slice';
 import { publicDashboardApi } from 'app/features/dashboard/api/publicDashboardApi';
 import panelEditorReducers from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/state/reducers';
 import dashboardReducers from 'app/features/dashboard/state/reducers';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const rootReducers = {
   ...userReducers,
   ...invitesReducers,
   ...organizationReducers,
+  ...browseDashboardsReducers,
   ...ldapReducers,
   ...importDashboardReducers,
   ...panelEditorReducers,
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
index c87d45ef6fd..3fe6e34364a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function createBackendSrvBaseQuery({ baseURL }: { baseURL: string }): BaseQueryF
 }
 
 export const browseDashboardsAPI = createApi({
-  reducerPath: 'browse-dashboards',
+  reducerPath: 'browseDashboardsAPI',
   baseQuery: createBackendSrvBaseQuery({ baseURL: '/api' }),
   endpoints: (builder) => ({
     getFolder: builder.query<FolderDTO, string>({
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.test.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.test.tsx
index cb84d927bd7..dcba29461f8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { getByLabelText, render as rtlRender, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
-import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { TestProvider } from 'test/helpers/TestProvider';
 
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
-import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { wellFormedTree } from '../fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture';
 
@@ -12,10 +11,8 @@ import { BrowseView } from './BrowseView';
 
 const [mockTree, { folderA, folderA_folderA, folderA_folderB, folderA_folderB_dashbdB, dashbdD }] = wellFormedTree();
 
-function render(...args: Parameters<typeof rtlRender>) {
-  const [ui, options] = args;
-
-  rtlRender(<Router history={locationService.getHistory()}>{ui}</Router>, options);
+function render(...[ui, options]: Parameters<typeof rtlRender>) {
+  rtlRender(<TestProvider>{ui}</TestProvider>, options);
 }
 
 jest.mock('app/features/search/service/folders', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
index d10d1bb3f15..233dd22998a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-import produce from 'immer';
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 
-import { getFolderChildren } from 'app/features/search/service/folders';
-import { DashboardViewItem, DashboardViewItemKind } from 'app/features/search/types';
+import { DashboardViewItem } from 'app/features/search/types';
+import { useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 
-import { DashboardsTreeItem } from '../types';
+import {
+  useFlatTreeState,
+  useSelectedItemsState,
+  fetchChildren,
+  setFolderOpenState,
+  setItemSelectionState,
+} from '../state';
 
 import { DashboardsTree } from './DashboardsTree';
 
@@ -15,102 +20,30 @@ interface BrowseViewProps {
 }
 
 export function BrowseView({ folderUID, width, height }: BrowseViewProps) {
-  const [openFolders, setOpenFolders] = useState<Record<string, boolean>>({ [folderUID ?? '$$root']: true });
-
-  const [selectedItems, setSelectedItems] = useState<
-    Record<DashboardViewItemKind, Record<string, boolean | undefined>>
-  >({
-    folder: {},
-    dashboard: {},
-    panel: {},
-  });
-
-  // Rather than storing an actual tree structure (requiring traversing the tree to update children), instead
-  // we keep track of children for each UID and then later combine them in the format required to display them
-  const [childrenByUID, setChildrenByUID] = useState<Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>>({});
-
-  const loadChildrenForUID = useCallback(
-    async (uid: string | undefined) => {
-      const folderKey = uid ?? '$$root';
-
-      const childItems = await getFolderChildren(uid, undefined, true);
-      setChildrenByUID((v) => ({ ...v, [folderKey]: childItems }));
-
-      // If the parent is already selected, mark these items as selected also
-      const parentIsSelected = selectedItems.folder[folderKey];
-      if (parentIsSelected) {
-        setSelectedItems((currentState) =>
-          produce(currentState, (draft) => {
-            for (const child of childItems) {
-              draft[child.kind][child.uid] = true;
-            }
-          })
-        );
-      }
-    },
-    [selectedItems]
-  );
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const flatTree = useFlatTreeState(folderUID);
+  const selectedItems = useSelectedItemsState();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    loadChildrenForUID(folderUID);
-    // No need to depend on loadChildrenForUID - we only want this to run
-    // when folderUID changes (initial page view)
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [folderUID]);
-
-  const flatTree = useMemo(
-    () => createFlatTree(folderUID, childrenByUID, openFolders),
-    [folderUID, childrenByUID, openFolders]
-  );
+    dispatch(fetchChildren(folderUID));
+  }, [dispatch, folderUID]);
 
   const handleFolderClick = useCallback(
-    (uid: string, newState: boolean) => {
-      if (newState) {
-        loadChildrenForUID(uid);
-      }
+    (clickedFolderUID: string, isOpen: boolean) => {
+      dispatch(setFolderOpenState({ folderUID: clickedFolderUID, isOpen }));
 
-      setOpenFolders((old) => ({ ...old, [uid]: newState }));
+      if (isOpen) {
+        dispatch(fetchChildren(clickedFolderUID));
+      }
     },
-    [loadChildrenForUID]
+    [dispatch]
   );
 
   const handleItemSelectionChange = useCallback(
-    (item: DashboardViewItem, newState: boolean) => {
-      // Recursively set selection state for this item and all descendants
-      setSelectedItems((old) =>
-        produce(old, (draft) => {
-          function markChildren(kind: DashboardViewItemKind, uid: string) {
-            draft[kind][uid] = newState;
-            if (kind !== 'folder') {
-              return;
-            }
-
-            let children = childrenByUID[uid] ?? [];
-            for (const child of children) {
-              markChildren(child.kind, child.uid);
-            }
-          }
-
-          markChildren(item.kind, item.uid);
-
-          // If we're unselecting an item, unselect all ancestors also
-          if (!newState) {
-            let nextParentUID = item.parentUID;
-
-            while (nextParentUID) {
-              const parent = findItem(childrenByUID, nextParentUID);
-              if (!parent) {
-                break;
-              }
-
-              draft[parent.kind][parent.uid] = false;
-              nextParentUID = parent.parentUID;
-            }
-          }
-        })
-      );
+    (item: DashboardViewItem, isSelected: boolean) => {
+      dispatch(setItemSelectionState({ item, isSelected }));
     },
-    [childrenByUID]
+    [dispatch]
   );
 
   return (
@@ -124,60 +57,3 @@ export function BrowseView({ folderUID, width, height }: BrowseViewProps) {
     />
   );
 }
-
-// Creates a flat list of items, with nested children indicated by its increasing level
-function createFlatTree(
-  rootFolderUID: string | undefined,
-  childrenByUID: Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>,
-  openFolders: Record<string, boolean>,
-  level = 0
-): DashboardsTreeItem[] {
-  function mapItem(item: DashboardViewItem, parentUID: string | undefined, level: number): DashboardsTreeItem[] {
-    const mappedChildren = createFlatTree(item.uid, childrenByUID, openFolders, level + 1);
-
-    const isOpen = Boolean(openFolders[item.uid]);
-    const emptyFolder = childrenByUID[item.uid]?.length === 0;
-    if (isOpen && emptyFolder) {
-      mappedChildren.push({
-        isOpen: false,
-        level: level + 1,
-        item: { kind: 'ui-empty-folder', uid: item.uid + '-empty-folder' },
-      });
-    }
-
-    const thisItem = {
-      item,
-      parentUID,
-      level,
-      isOpen,
-    };
-
-    return [thisItem, ...mappedChildren];
-  }
-
-  const folderKey = rootFolderUID ?? '$$root';
-  const isOpen = Boolean(openFolders[folderKey]);
-  const items = (isOpen && childrenByUID[folderKey]) || [];
-
-  return items.flatMap((item) => mapItem(item, rootFolderUID, level));
-}
-
-function findItem(
-  childrenByUID: Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>,
-  uid: string
-): DashboardViewItem | undefined {
-  for (const parentUID in childrenByUID) {
-    const children = childrenByUID[parentUID];
-    if (!children) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    for (const child of children) {
-      if (child.uid === uid) {
-        return child;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return undefined;
-}
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/DashboardsTree.test.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/DashboardsTree.test.tsx
index e773a2dc669..1ac147c290a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/DashboardsTree.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/DashboardsTree.test.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 import { render as rtlRender, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
-import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
-
-import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { TestProvider } from 'test/helpers/TestProvider';
 
 import { wellFormedDashboard, wellFormedEmptyFolder, wellFormedFolder } from '../fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture';
 
 import { DashboardsTree } from './DashboardsTree';
 
-function render(...args: Parameters<typeof rtlRender>) {
-  const [ui, options] = args;
-
-  rtlRender(<Router history={locationService.getHistory()}>{ui}</Router>, options);
+function render(...[ui, options]: Parameters<typeof rtlRender>) {
+  rtlRender(<TestProvider>{ui}</TestProvider>, options);
 }
 
 describe('browse-dashboards DashboardsTree', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98fa760a937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+
+import { getFolderChildren } from 'app/features/search/service/folders';
+
+export const fetchChildren = createAsyncThunk(
+  'browseDashboards/fetchChildren',
+  async (parentUID: string | undefined) => {
+    return await getFolderChildren(parentUID, undefined, true);
+  }
+);
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/hooks.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5fb06ea59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
+
+import { DashboardViewItem } from 'app/features/search/types';
+import { useSelector, StoreState } from 'app/types';
+
+import { DashboardsTreeItem } from '../types';
+
+const flatTreeSelector = createSelector(
+  (wholeState: StoreState) => wholeState.browseDashboards.rootItems,
+  (wholeState: StoreState) => wholeState.browseDashboards.childrenByParentUID,
+  (wholeState: StoreState) => wholeState.browseDashboards.openFolders,
+  (wholeState: StoreState, rootFolderUID: string | undefined) => rootFolderUID,
+  (rootItems, childrenByParentUID, openFolders, folderUID) => {
+    return createFlatTree(folderUID, rootItems, childrenByParentUID, openFolders);
+  }
+);
+
+export function useFlatTreeState(folderUID: string | undefined) {
+  return useSelector((state) => flatTreeSelector(state, folderUID));
+}
+
+export function useSelectedItemsState() {
+  return useSelector((wholeState: StoreState) => wholeState.browseDashboards.selectedItems);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a list of items, with level indicating it's 'nested' in the tree structure
+ *
+ * @param folderUID The UID of the folder being viewed, or undefined if at root Browse Dashboards page
+ * @param rootItems Array of loaded items at the root level (without a parent). If viewing a folder, we expect this to be empty and unused
+ * @param childrenByUID Arrays of children keyed by their parent UID
+ * @param openFolders Object of UID to whether that item is expanded or not
+ * @param level level of item in the tree. Only to be specified when called recursively.
+ */
+function createFlatTree(
+  folderUID: string | undefined,
+  rootItems: DashboardViewItem[],
+  childrenByUID: Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>,
+  openFolders: Record<string, boolean>,
+  level = 0
+): DashboardsTreeItem[] {
+  function mapItem(item: DashboardViewItem, parentUID: string | undefined, level: number): DashboardsTreeItem[] {
+    const mappedChildren = createFlatTree(item.uid, rootItems, childrenByUID, openFolders, level + 1);
+
+    const isOpen = Boolean(openFolders[item.uid]);
+    const emptyFolder = childrenByUID[item.uid]?.length === 0;
+    if (isOpen && emptyFolder) {
+      mappedChildren.push({
+        isOpen: false,
+        level: level + 1,
+        item: { kind: 'ui-empty-folder', uid: item.uid + '-empty-folder' },
+      });
+    }
+
+    const thisItem = {
+      item,
+      parentUID,
+      level,
+      isOpen,
+    };
+
+    return [thisItem, ...mappedChildren];
+  }
+
+  const isOpen = (folderUID && openFolders[folderUID]) || level === 0;
+
+  const items = folderUID
+    ? (isOpen && childrenByUID[folderUID]) || [] // keep seperate lines
+    : rootItems;
+
+  return items.flatMap((item) => mapItem(item, folderUID, level));
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/index.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5779d55154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from './slice';
+export * from './actions';
+export * from './hooks';
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c9cbde83c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { wellFormedDashboard, wellFormedFolder } from '../fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture';
+import { BrowseDashboardsState } from '../types';
+
+import { extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled, setFolderOpenState, setItemSelectionState } from './reducers';
+
+function createInitialState(): BrowseDashboardsState {
+  return {
+    rootItems: [],
+    childrenByParentUID: {},
+    openFolders: {},
+    selectedItems: {
+      dashboard: {},
+      folder: {},
+      panel: {},
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('browse-dashboards reducers', () => {
+  describe('extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled', () => {
+    it('updates state correctly for root items', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+      const children = [
+        wellFormedFolder(1).item,
+        wellFormedFolder(2).item,
+        wellFormedFolder(3).item,
+        wellFormedDashboard(4).item,
+      ];
+
+      const action = {
+        payload: children,
+        type: 'action-type',
+        meta: {
+          arg: undefined,
+          requestId: 'abc-123',
+          requestStatus: 'fulfilled' as const,
+        },
+      };
+
+      extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled(state, action);
+
+      expect(state.rootItems).toEqual(children);
+    });
+
+    it('updates state correctly for items in folders', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+      const parentFolder = wellFormedFolder(1).item;
+      const children = [wellFormedFolder(2).item, wellFormedDashboard(3).item];
+
+      const action = {
+        payload: children,
+        type: 'action-type',
+        meta: {
+          arg: parentFolder.uid,
+          requestId: 'abc-123',
+          requestStatus: 'fulfilled' as const,
+        },
+      };
+
+      extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled(state, action);
+
+      expect(state.childrenByParentUID).toEqual({ [parentFolder.uid]: children });
+    });
+
+    it('marks children as selected if the parent is selected', () => {
+      const parentFolder = wellFormedFolder(1).item;
+
+      const state = createInitialState();
+      state.selectedItems.folder[parentFolder.uid] = true;
+
+      const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(2).item;
+      const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(3).item;
+
+      const action = {
+        payload: [childFolder, childDashboard],
+        type: 'action-type',
+        meta: {
+          arg: parentFolder.uid,
+          requestId: 'abc-123',
+          requestStatus: 'fulfilled' as const,
+        },
+      };
+
+      extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled(state, action);
+
+      expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
+        dashboard: {
+          [childDashboard.uid]: true,
+        },
+        folder: {
+          [parentFolder.uid]: true,
+          [childFolder.uid]: true,
+        },
+        panel: {},
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('setFolderOpenState', () => {
+    it('updates state correctly', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+      const folderUID = 'abc-123';
+      setFolderOpenState(state, { type: 'setFolderOpenState', payload: { folderUID, isOpen: true } });
+
+      expect(state.openFolders).toEqual({ [folderUID]: true });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('setItemSelectionState', () => {
+    it('marks items as selected', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+      const dashboard = wellFormedDashboard().item;
+
+      setItemSelectionState(state, { type: 'setItemSelectionState', payload: { item: dashboard, isSelected: true } });
+
+      expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
+        dashboard: {
+          [dashboard.uid]: true,
+        },
+        folder: {},
+        panel: {},
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('marks descendants as selected when the parent folder is selected', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+
+      const parentFolder = wellFormedFolder(1).item;
+      const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(2, {}, { parentUID: parentFolder.uid }).item;
+      const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(3, {}, { parentUID: parentFolder.uid }).item;
+      const grandchildDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(4, {}, { parentUID: childFolder.uid }).item;
+
+      state.childrenByParentUID[parentFolder.uid] = [childDashboard, childFolder];
+      state.childrenByParentUID[childFolder.uid] = [grandchildDashboard];
+
+      setItemSelectionState(state, {
+        type: 'setItemSelectionState',
+        payload: { item: parentFolder, isSelected: true },
+      });
+
+      expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
+        dashboard: {
+          [childDashboard.uid]: true,
+          [grandchildDashboard.uid]: true,
+        },
+        folder: {
+          [parentFolder.uid]: true,
+          [childFolder.uid]: true,
+        },
+        panel: {},
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('unselects parents when items are unselected', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+
+      const parentFolder = wellFormedFolder(1).item;
+      const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(2, {}, { parentUID: parentFolder.uid }).item;
+      const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(3, {}, { parentUID: parentFolder.uid }).item;
+      const grandchildDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(4, {}, { parentUID: childFolder.uid }).item;
+
+      state.rootItems = [parentFolder];
+      state.childrenByParentUID[parentFolder.uid] = [childDashboard, childFolder];
+      state.childrenByParentUID[childFolder.uid] = [grandchildDashboard];
+
+      state.selectedItems.dashboard[childDashboard.uid] = true;
+      state.selectedItems.dashboard[grandchildDashboard.uid] = true;
+      state.selectedItems.folder[parentFolder.uid] = true;
+      state.selectedItems.folder[childFolder.uid] = true;
+
+      // Unselect the deepest grandchild dashboard
+      setItemSelectionState(state, {
+        type: 'setItemSelectionState',
+        payload: { item: grandchildDashboard, isSelected: false },
+      });
+
+      expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
+        dashboard: {
+          [childDashboard.uid]: true,
+          [grandchildDashboard.uid]: false,
+        },
+        folder: {
+          [parentFolder.uid]: false,
+          [childFolder.uid]: false,
+        },
+        panel: {},
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85b75ca675d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+
+import { DashboardViewItem, DashboardViewItemKind } from 'app/features/search/types';
+
+import { BrowseDashboardsState } from '../types';
+
+import { fetchChildren } from './actions';
+
+type FetchChildrenAction = ReturnType<typeof fetchChildren.fulfilled>;
+
+export function extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled(state: BrowseDashboardsState, action: FetchChildrenAction) {
+  const parentUID = action.meta.arg;
+  const children = action.payload;
+
+  if (!parentUID) {
+    state.rootItems = children;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  state.childrenByParentUID[parentUID] = children;
+
+  // If the parent of the items we've loaded are selected, we must select all these items also
+  const parentIsSelected = state.selectedItems.folder[parentUID];
+  if (parentIsSelected) {
+    for (const child of children) {
+      state.selectedItems[child.kind][child.uid] = true;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function setFolderOpenState(
+  state: BrowseDashboardsState,
+  action: PayloadAction<{ folderUID: string; isOpen: boolean }>
+) {
+  const { folderUID, isOpen } = action.payload;
+  state.openFolders[folderUID] = isOpen;
+}
+
+export function setItemSelectionState(
+  state: BrowseDashboardsState,
+  action: PayloadAction<{ item: DashboardViewItem; isSelected: boolean }>
+) {
+  const { item, isSelected } = action.payload;
+
+  function markChildren(kind: DashboardViewItemKind, uid: string) {
+    state.selectedItems[kind][uid] = isSelected;
+
+    if (kind !== 'folder') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let children = state.childrenByParentUID[uid] ?? [];
+    for (const child of children) {
+      markChildren(child.kind, child.uid);
+    }
+  }
+
+  markChildren(item.kind, item.uid);
+
+  // If we're unselecting an item, unselect all ancestors (parent, grandparent, etc) also
+  // so we can later show a UI-only 'mixed' checkbox
+  if (!isSelected) {
+    let nextParentUID = item.parentUID;
+
+    // this is like a recursive climb up the parents of the tree while we have a
+    // parentUID (we've hit a root dashboard/folder)
+    while (nextParentUID) {
+      const parent = findItem(state.rootItems, state.childrenByParentUID, nextParentUID);
+
+      // This case should not happen, but a find can theortically return undefined, and it
+      // helps limit infinite loops
+      if (!parent) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      state.selectedItems[parent.kind][parent.uid] = false;
+      nextParentUID = parent.parentUID;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function findItem(
+  rootItems: DashboardViewItem[],
+  childrenByUID: Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>,
+  uid: string
+): DashboardViewItem | undefined {
+  for (const item of rootItems) {
+    if (item.uid === uid) {
+      return item;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const parentUID in childrenByUID) {
+    const children = childrenByUID[parentUID];
+    if (!children) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (const child of children) {
+      if (child.uid === uid) {
+        return child;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/slice.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/slice.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..564f1fc4db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/slice.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+
+import { BrowseDashboardsState } from '../types';
+
+import { fetchChildren } from './actions';
+import * as allReducers from './reducers';
+
+const { extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled, ...baseReducers } = allReducers;
+
+const initialState: BrowseDashboardsState = {
+  rootItems: [],
+  childrenByParentUID: {},
+  openFolders: {},
+  selectedItems: {
+    dashboard: {},
+    folder: {},
+    panel: {},
+  },
+};
+
+const browseDashboardsSlice = createSlice({
+  name: 'browseDashboards',
+  initialState,
+  reducers: baseReducers,
+
+  extraReducers: (builder) => {
+    builder.addCase(fetchChildren.fulfilled, extraReducerFetchChildrenFulfilled);
+  },
+});
+
+export const browseDashboardsReducer = browseDashboardsSlice.reducer;
+
+export const { setFolderOpenState, setItemSelectionState } = browseDashboardsSlice.actions;
+
+export default {
+  browseDashboards: browseDashboardsReducer,
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/types.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/types.ts
index d9fe84c17b4..499927f979f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/types.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-import { DashboardViewItem as OrigDashboardViewItem, DashboardViewItemKind } from 'app/features/search/types';
+import { DashboardViewItem as DashboardViewItem, DashboardViewItemKind } from 'app/features/search/types';
+
+export interface BrowseDashboardsState {
+  rootItems: DashboardViewItem[];
+  childrenByParentUID: Record<string, DashboardViewItem[] | undefined>;
+  selectedItems: DashboardTreeSelection;
+
+  // Only folders can ever be open or closed, so no need to seperate this by kind
+  openFolders: Record<string, boolean>;
+}
 
 export interface UIDashboardViewItem {
   kind: 'ui-empty-folder';
   uid: string;
 }
 
-type DashboardViewItem = OrigDashboardViewItem | UIDashboardViewItem;
+type DashboardViewItemWithUIItems = DashboardViewItem | UIDashboardViewItem;
 
-export interface DashboardsTreeItem<T extends DashboardViewItem = DashboardViewItem> {
+export interface DashboardsTreeItem<T extends DashboardViewItemWithUIItems = DashboardViewItemWithUIItems> {
   item: T;
   level: number;
   isOpen: boolean;