diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Select/SortPicker.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Select/SortPicker.tsx
index bc74f517c6e..08153a53b64 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Select/SortPicker.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Select/SortPicker.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { AsyncSelect, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
+import { Select, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DEFAULT_SORT } from 'app/features/search/constants';
 import { SearchSrv } from '../../services/search_srv';
@@ -19,15 +20,17 @@ const getSortOptions = () => {
 };
 
 export const SortPicker: FC<Props> = ({ onChange, value, placeholder }) => {
-  return (
-    <AsyncSelect
+  // Using sync Select and manual options fetching here since we need to find the selected option by value
+  const { loading, value: options } = useAsync<SelectableValue[]>(getSortOptions, []);
+
+  return !loading ? (
+    <Select
       width={25}
       onChange={onChange}
-      value={[value]}
-      loadOptions={getSortOptions}
-      defaultOptions
+      value={options?.filter(opt => opt.value === value)}
+      options={options}
       placeholder={placeholder ?? `Sort (Default ${DEFAULT_SORT.label})`}
       prefix={<Icon name="sort-amount-down" />}
     />
-  );
+  ) : null;
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
index b5bac7100e5..e69a4bc5437 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import Mousetrap from 'mousetrap';
+import 'mousetrap-global-bind';
+import { ILocationService, IRootScopeService, ITimeoutService } from 'angular';
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { getExploreUrl } from 'app/core/utils/explore';
 import { store } from 'app/store/store';
 import { AppEventEmitter, CoreEvents } from 'app/types';
-
-import Mousetrap from 'mousetrap';
-import 'mousetrap-global-bind';
-import { ContextSrv } from './context_srv';
-import { ILocationService, IRootScopeService, ITimeoutService } from 'angular';
 import { GrafanaRootScope } from 'app/routes/GrafanaCtrl';
-import { DashboardModel } from '../../features/dashboard/state';
+import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
 import { ShareModal } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/ShareModal';
-import { SaveDashboardModalProxy } from '../../features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/SaveDashboardModalProxy';
-import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { SaveDashboardModalProxy } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/SaveDashboardModalProxy';
+import { defaultQueryParams } from 'app/features/search/reducers/searchQueryReducer';
+import { ContextSrv } from './context_srv';
 
 export class KeybindingSrv {
   helpModal: boolean;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class KeybindingSrv {
   }
 
   closeSearch() {
-    const search = _.extend(this.$location.search(), { search: null });
+    const search = _.extend(this.$location.search(), { search: null, ...defaultQueryParams });
     this.$location.search(search);
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/ActionRow.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/ActionRow.tsx
index ac6e9b2a98e..507dcd1f01e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/ActionRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/ActionRow.tsx
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ export const ActionRow: FC<Props> = ({
           {!hideLayout ? (
             <RadioButtonGroup options={layoutOptions} onChange={onLayoutChange} value={query.layout} />
           ) : null}
-          <SortPicker onChange={onSortChange} value={query.sort} />
+          <SortPicker onChange={onSortChange} value={query.sort?.value} />
         </HorizontalGroup>
       </div>
       <HorizontalGroup spacing="md" width="auto">
         {showStarredFilter && (
           <div className={styles.checkboxWrapper}>
-            <Checkbox label="Filter by starred" onChange={onStarredFilterChange} />
+            <Checkbox label="Filter by starred" onChange={onStarredFilterChange} value={query.starred} />
           </div>
         )}
         <TagFilter isClearable tags={query.tag} tagOptions={searchSrv.getDashboardTags} onChange={onTagFilterChange} />
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardListPage.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardListPage.tsx
index f502ed13acc..db0063b4a6c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardListPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardListPage.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getNavModel } from 'app/core/selectors/navModel';
 import { getRouteParams, getUrl } from 'app/core/selectors/location';
 import Page from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { loadFolderPage } from '../loaders';
-import { ManageDashboards } from './ManageDashboards';
+import ManageDashboards from './ManageDashboards';
 
 interface Props {
   navModel: NavModel;
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.test.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.test.tsx
index 91c50241d84..edc7a7d5bec 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { mockSearch } from './mocks';
-import { DashboardSearch } from './DashboardSearch';
+import { DashboardSearch, Props } from './DashboardSearch';
 import { searchResults } from '../testData';
 import { SearchLayout } from '../types';
 
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ afterEach(() => {
   jest.useRealTimers();
 });
 
-const setup = async (): Promise<any> => {
+const setup = async (testProps?: Partial<Props>): Promise<any> => {
   const props: any = {
     onCloseSearch: () => {},
+    ...testProps,
   };
   let wrapper;
   //@ts-ignore
@@ -117,4 +118,18 @@ describe('DashboardSearch', () => {
       sort: undefined,
     });
   });
+
+  it('should call search api with provided search params', async () => {
+    const params = { query: 'test query', tag: ['tag1'], sort: { value: 'asc' } };
+    await setup({ params });
+
+    expect(mockSearch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockSearch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        query: 'test query',
+        tag: ['tag1'],
+        sort: 'asc',
+      })
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.tsx
index 1241bf373d6..ca7aeb50bcb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/DashboardSearch.tsx
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ import { useDashboardSearch } from '../hooks/useDashboardSearch';
 import { SearchField } from './SearchField';
 import { SearchResults } from './SearchResults';
 import { ActionRow } from './ActionRow';
+import { connectWithRouteParams, ConnectProps, DispatchProps } from '../connect';
 
-export interface Props {
+export interface OwnProps {
   onCloseSearch: () => void;
-  folder?: string;
 }
 
-export const DashboardSearch: FC<Props> = memo(({ onCloseSearch, folder }) => {
-  const payload = folder ? { query: `folder:${folder} ` } : {};
-  const { query, onQueryChange, onTagFilterChange, onTagAdd, onSortChange, onLayoutChange } = useSearchQuery(payload);
+export type Props = OwnProps & ConnectProps & DispatchProps;
+
+export const DashboardSearch: FC<Props> = memo(({ onCloseSearch, params, updateLocation }) => {
+  const { query, onQueryChange, onTagFilterChange, onTagAdd, onSortChange, onLayoutChange } = useSearchQuery(
+    params,
+    updateLocation
+  );
   const { results, loading, onToggleSection, onKeyDown } = useDashboardSearch(query, onCloseSearch);
   const theme = useTheme();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ export const DashboardSearch: FC<Props> = memo(({ onCloseSearch, folder }) => {
   );
 });
 
+export default connectWithRouteParams(DashboardSearch);
+
 const getStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme) => {
   return {
     overlay: css`
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/ManageDashboards.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/ManageDashboards.tsx
index f128f3a68c6..6258bc44191 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/ManageDashboards.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/ManageDashboards.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useSearchQuery } from '../hooks/useSearchQuery';
 import { SearchResultsFilter } from './SearchResultsFilter';
 import { SearchResults } from './SearchResults';
 import { DashboardActions } from './DashboardActions';
+import { connectWithRouteParams, ConnectProps, DispatchProps } from '../connect';
 
 export interface Props {
   folder?: FolderDTO;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export interface Props {
 
 const { isEditor } = contextSrv;
 
-export const ManageDashboards: FC<Props> = memo(({ folder }) => {
+export const ManageDashboards: FC<Props & ConnectProps & DispatchProps> = memo(({ folder, params, updateLocation }) => {
   const folderId = folder?.id;
   const folderUid = folder?.uid;
   const theme = useTheme();
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export const ManageDashboards: FC<Props> = memo(({ folder }) => {
     skipStarred: true,
     folderIds: folderId ? [folderId] : [],
     layout: defaultLayout,
+    ...params,
   };
   const {
     query,
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export const ManageDashboards: FC<Props> = memo(({ folder }) => {
     onTagAdd,
     onSortChange,
     onLayoutChange,
-  } = useSearchQuery(queryParams);
+  } = useSearchQuery(queryParams, updateLocation);
 
   const {
     results,
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ export const ManageDashboards: FC<Props> = memo(({ folder }) => {
   );
 });
 
+export default connectWithRouteParams(ManageDashboards);
+
 const getStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme) => {
   return {
     container: css`
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/SearchWrapper.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/SearchWrapper.tsx
index 016b261d8dc..1cab70f02a0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/SearchWrapper.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/SearchWrapper.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import React, { FC, memo } from 'react';
 import { MapDispatchToProps, MapStateToProps } from 'react-redux';
+import { UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getLocationQuery } from 'app/core/selectors/location';
 import { updateLocation } from 'app/core/reducers/location';
 import { connectWithStore } from 'app/core/utils/connectWithReduxStore';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
-import { DashboardSearch } from './DashboardSearch';
+import DashboardSearch from './DashboardSearch';
+import { defaultQueryParams } from '../reducers/searchQueryReducer';
 
 interface OwnProps {
   search?: string | null;
@@ -23,12 +25,13 @@ export const SearchWrapper: FC<Props> = memo(({ search, folder, updateLocation }
   const isOpen = search === 'open';
 
   const closeSearch = () => {
-    if (search === 'open') {
+    if (isOpen) {
       updateLocation({
         query: {
           search: null,
           folder: null,
-        },
+          ...defaultQueryParams,
+        } as UrlQueryMap,
         partial: true,
       });
     }
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/connect.ts b/public/app/features/search/connect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf6e2afa044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/search/connect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { MapDispatchToProps, MapStateToProps } from 'react-redux';
+import { connectWithStore } from 'app/core/utils/connectWithReduxStore';
+import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
+import { getLocationQuery } from 'app/core/selectors/location';
+import { updateLocation } from 'app/core/reducers/location';
+import { parseRouteParams } from './utils';
+import { DashboardQuery } from './types';
+import { Props as DashboardSearchProps } from './components/DashboardSearch';
+import { Props as ManageDashboardsProps } from './components/ManageDashboards';
+
+export interface ConnectProps {
+  params: Partial<DashboardQuery>;
+}
+
+export interface DispatchProps {
+  updateLocation: typeof updateLocation;
+}
+
+type Props = DashboardSearchProps | ManageDashboardsProps;
+
+const mapStateToProps: MapStateToProps<ConnectProps, Props, StoreState> = state => {
+  const { query, starred, sort, tag, layout, folder } = getLocationQuery(state.location);
+  return parseRouteParams(
+    {
+      query,
+      tag,
+      starred,
+      sort,
+      layout,
+    },
+    folder
+  );
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps: MapDispatchToProps<DispatchProps, Props> = {
+  updateLocation,
+};
+
+export const connectWithRouteParams = (Component: React.FC) =>
+  connectWithStore(Component, mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps);
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/hooks/useSearchQuery.ts b/public/app/features/search/hooks/useSearchQuery.ts
index a7a55957e95..2e921e21db2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/hooks/useSearchQuery.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/hooks/useSearchQuery.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FormEvent, useReducer } from 'react';
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { defaultQuery, queryReducer } from '../reducers/searchQueryReducer';
+import { defaultQuery, defaultQueryParams, queryReducer } from '../reducers/searchQueryReducer';
 import {
   ADD_TAG,
   CLEAR_FILTERS,
@@ -10,39 +10,48 @@ import {
   TOGGLE_SORT,
   TOGGLE_STARRED,
 } from '../reducers/actionTypes';
-import { DashboardQuery, SearchLayout } from '../types';
+import { DashboardQuery, RouteParams, SearchLayout } from '../types';
 import { hasFilters } from '../utils';
 
-export const useSearchQuery = (queryParams: Partial<DashboardQuery>) => {
+export const useSearchQuery = (queryParams: Partial<DashboardQuery>, updateLocation = (args: any) => {}) => {
+  const updateLocationQuery = (query: RouteParams) => updateLocation({ query, partial: true });
   const initialState = { ...defaultQuery, ...queryParams };
   const [query, dispatch] = useReducer(queryReducer, initialState);
 
   const onQueryChange = (query: string) => {
     dispatch({ type: QUERY_CHANGE, payload: query });
+    updateLocationQuery({ query });
   };
 
   const onTagFilterChange = (tags: string[]) => {
     dispatch({ type: SET_TAGS, payload: tags });
+    updateLocationQuery({ tag: tags });
   };
 
   const onTagAdd = (tag: string) => {
     dispatch({ type: ADD_TAG, payload: tag });
+    updateLocationQuery({ tag: [...query.tag, tag] });
   };
 
   const onClearFilters = () => {
     dispatch({ type: CLEAR_FILTERS });
+    updateLocationQuery(defaultQueryParams);
   };
 
   const onStarredFilterChange = (e: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    dispatch({ type: TOGGLE_STARRED, payload: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked });
+    const starred = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked;
+    dispatch({ type: TOGGLE_STARRED, payload: starred });
+    updateLocationQuery({ starred: starred || null });
   };
 
   const onSortChange = (sort: SelectableValue | null) => {
     dispatch({ type: TOGGLE_SORT, payload: sort });
+    updateLocationQuery({ sort: sort?.value, layout: SearchLayout.List });
   };
 
   const onLayoutChange = (layout: SearchLayout) => {
     dispatch({ type: LAYOUT_CHANGE, payload: layout });
+    updateLocationQuery({ layout });
   };
 
   return {
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/reducers/manageDashboards.test.ts b/public/app/features/search/reducers/manageDashboards.test.ts
index 077e0b05182..134d056cc90 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/reducers/manageDashboards.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/reducers/manageDashboards.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('Manage dashboards reducer', () => {
 
   it('should not display dashboards in a non-expanded folder', () => {
     const general = results.find(res => res.id === 0);
-    const toMove = { dashboards: general.items, folder: { id: 4074 } };
+    const toMove = { dashboards: general?.items, folder: { id: 4074 } };
     const newState = reducer({ ...state, results }, { type: MOVE_ITEMS, payload: toMove });
     expect(newState.results.find((res: DashboardSection) => res.id === 4074).items).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(newState.results.find((res: DashboardSection) => res.id === 0).items).toHaveLength(0);
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/reducers/searchQueryReducer.ts b/public/app/features/search/reducers/searchQueryReducer.ts
index dee371031bb..97eaa6792bb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/reducers/searchQueryReducer.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/reducers/searchQueryReducer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DashboardQuery, SearchAction, SearchLayout } from '../types';
+import { DashboardQuery, RouteParams, SearchAction, SearchLayout } from '../types';
 import {
   ADD_TAG,
   CLEAR_FILTERS,
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ export const defaultQuery: DashboardQuery = {
   layout: SearchLayout.Folders,
 };
 
+export const defaultQueryParams: RouteParams = {
+  sort: null,
+  starred: null,
+  query: null,
+  tag: null,
+  layout: null,
+};
+
 export const queryReducer = (state: DashboardQuery, action: SearchAction) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case QUERY_CHANGE:
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/types.ts b/public/app/features/search/types.ts
index 1c827c03e0c..26de7b1300c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/types.ts
@@ -95,3 +95,11 @@ export enum SearchLayout {
   List = 'list',
   Folders = 'folders',
 }
+
+export interface RouteParams {
+  query?: string | null;
+  sort?: string | null;
+  starred?: boolean | null;
+  tag?: string[] | null;
+  layout?: SearchLayout | null;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/utils.test.ts b/public/app/features/search/utils.test.ts
index cd6cb8c30de..fda46669c8d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/utils.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
   getFlattenedSections,
   markSelected,
   mergeReducers,
+  parseRouteParams,
 } from './utils';
 import { sections, searchResults } from './testData';
+import { RouteParams } from './types';
 
 describe('Search utils', () => {
   describe('getFlattenedSections', () => {
@@ -146,4 +148,60 @@ describe('Search utils', () => {
       expect(getCheckedDashboardsUids(searchResults as any[])).toEqual(['lBdLINUWk', '8DY63kQZk']);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('parseRouteParams', () => {
+    it('should remove all undefined keys', () => {
+      const params: Partial<RouteParams> = { sort: undefined, tag: undefined, query: 'test' };
+
+      expect(parseRouteParams(params)).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          query: 'test',
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return tag as array, if present', () => {
+      //@ts-ignore
+      const params = { sort: undefined, tag: 'test', query: 'test' };
+      expect(parseRouteParams(params)).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          query: 'test',
+          tag: ['test'],
+        },
+      });
+
+      const params2: Partial<RouteParams> = { sort: undefined, tag: ['test'], query: 'test' };
+      expect(parseRouteParams(params2)).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          query: 'test',
+          tag: ['test'],
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return sort as a SelectableValue', () => {
+      const params: Partial<RouteParams> = { sort: 'test' };
+
+      expect(parseRouteParams(params)).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          sort: { value: 'test' },
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should prepend folder:{folder} to the query if folder is present', () => {
+      expect(parseRouteParams({}, 'current')).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          query: 'folder:current ',
+        },
+      });
+      // Prepend to exiting query
+      const params: Partial<RouteParams> = { query: 'test' };
+      expect(parseRouteParams(params, 'current')).toEqual({
+        params: {
+          query: 'folder:current test',
+        },
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/utils.ts b/public/app/features/search/utils.ts
index 305bddec171..d17a55a0639 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { parse, SearchParserResult } from 'search-query-parser';
 import { IconName } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { UrlQueryMap, UrlQueryValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DashboardQuery, DashboardSection, DashboardSectionItem, SearchAction, UidsToDelete } from './types';
 import { NO_ID_SECTIONS, SECTION_STORAGE_KEY } from './constants';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from '../dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
@@ -187,9 +188,13 @@ export const getParsedQuery = (query: DashboardQuery, queryParsing = false) => {
   let folderIds: number[] = [];
 
   if (parseQuery(query.query).folder === 'current') {
-    const { folderId } = getDashboardSrv().getCurrent().meta;
-    if (folderId) {
-      folderIds = [folderId];
+    try {
+      const { folderId } = getDashboardSrv().getCurrent()?.meta;
+      if (folderId) {
+        folderIds = [folderId];
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
     }
   }
   return { ...parsedQuery, query: parseQuery(query.query).text as string, folderIds };
@@ -228,3 +233,29 @@ export const getSectionStorageKey = (title: string) => {
   }
   return `${SECTION_STORAGE_KEY}.${title.toLowerCase()}`;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Remove undefined keys from url params object and format non-primitive values
+ * @param params
+ * @param folder
+ */
+export const parseRouteParams = (params: UrlQueryMap, folder?: UrlQueryValue) => {
+  const cleanedParams = Object.entries(params).reduce((obj, [key, val]) => {
+    if (!val) {
+      return obj;
+    } else if (key === 'tag' && !Array.isArray(val)) {
+      return { ...obj, tag: [val] as string[] };
+    } else if (key === 'sort') {
+      return { ...obj, sort: { value: val } };
+    }
+    return { ...obj, [key]: val };
+  }, {} as Partial<DashboardQuery>);
+
+  if (folder) {
+    const folderStr = `folder:${folder}`;
+    return {
+      params: { ...cleanedParams, query: `${folderStr} ${(cleanedParams.query ?? '').replace(folderStr, '')}` },
+    };
+  }
+  return { params: cleanedParams };
+};