diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabel.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabel.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 9298b35f7a3..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabel.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
-import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
-import { LogRowModel, LogLabelStatsModel, calculateLogsLabelStats } from '@grafana/data';
-
-import { LogLabelStats } from './LogLabelStats';
-import { Themeable } from '../../types/theme';
-import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
-import { selectThemeVariant } from '../../themes/selectThemeVariant';
-import { withTheme } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
-import { stylesFactory } from '../../themes';
-
-const getStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme) => {
-  return {
-    logsLabel: css`
-      label: logs-label;
-      display: flex;
-      padding: 0 2px;
-      background-color: ${selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.gray5, dark: theme.colors.dark6 }, theme.type)};
-      border-radius: ${theme.border.radius};
-      margin: 0 4px 2px 0;
-      text-overflow: ellipsis;
-      white-space: nowrap;
-      overflow: hidden;
-    `,
-    logsLabelValue: css`
-      label: logs-label__value;
-      display: inline-block;
-      max-width: 20em;
-      text-overflow: ellipsis;
-      overflow: hidden;
-    `,
-    logsLabelIcon: css`
-      label: logs-label__icon;
-      border-left: solid 1px ${selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.gray5, dark: theme.colors.dark1 }, theme.type)};
-      padding: 0 2px;
-      cursor: pointer;
-      margin-left: 2px;
-    `,
-    logsLabelStats: css`
-      position: absolute;
-      top: 1.25em;
-      left: -10px;
-      z-index: 100;
-      justify-content: space-between;
-      box-shadow: 0 0 20px ${selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.white, dark: theme.colors.black }, theme.type)};
-    `,
-  };
-});
-
-interface Props extends Themeable {
-  value: string;
-  label: string;
-  getRows: () => LogRowModel[];
-  plain?: boolean;
-  onClickLabel?: (label: string, value: string) => void;
-}
-
-interface State {
-  showStats: boolean;
-  stats: LogLabelStatsModel[];
-}
-
-class UnThemedLogLabel extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
-  state: State = {
-    stats: [],
-    showStats: false,
-  };
-
-  onClickClose = () => {
-    this.setState({ showStats: false });
-  };
-
-  onClickLabel = () => {
-    const { onClickLabel, label, value } = this.props;
-    if (onClickLabel) {
-      onClickLabel(label, value);
-    }
-  };
-
-  onClickStats = () => {
-    this.setState(state => {
-      if (state.showStats) {
-        return { showStats: false, stats: [] };
-      }
-      const allRows = this.props.getRows();
-      const stats = calculateLogsLabelStats(allRows, this.props.label);
-      return { showStats: true, stats };
-    });
-  };
-
-  render() {
-    const { getRows, label, plain, value, theme } = this.props;
-    const styles = getStyles(theme);
-    const { showStats, stats } = this.state;
-    const tooltip = `${label}: ${value}`;
-    return (
-      <span className={cx([styles.logsLabel])}>
-        <span className={cx([styles.logsLabelValue])} title={tooltip}>
-          {value}
-        </span>
-        {!plain && (
-          <span
-            title="Filter for label"
-            onClick={this.onClickLabel}
-            className={cx([styles.logsLabelIcon, 'fa fa-search-plus'])}
-          />
-        )}
-        {!plain && getRows && (
-          <span onClick={this.onClickStats} className={cx([styles.logsLabelIcon, 'fa fa-signal'])} />
-        )}
-        {showStats && (
-          <span className={cx([styles.logsLabelStats])}>
-            <LogLabelStats stats={stats} rowCount={getRows().length} label={label} value={value} isLabel={true} />
-          </span>
-        )}
-      </span>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export const LogLabel = withTheme(UnThemedLogLabel);
-LogLabel.displayName = 'LogLabel';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a38ed0f0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+
+import { UnThemedLogLabels as LogLabels } from './LogLabels';
+import { getTheme } from '../../themes';
+
+describe('<LogLabels />', () => {
+  it('renders notice when no labels are found', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<LogLabels labels={{}} theme={getTheme()} />);
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('no unique labels');
+  });
+  it('renders labels', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<LogLabels labels={{ foo: 'bar', baz: '42' }} theme={getTheme()} />);
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('bar');
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('42');
+  });
+  it('exlcudes labels with certain names or labels starting with underscore', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<LogLabels labels={{ foo: 'bar', level: '42', _private: '13' }} theme={getTheme()} />);
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('bar');
+    expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('42');
+    expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('13');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.tsx
index 25a455e5148..e89cf0cfb2d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogLabels.tsx
@@ -1,41 +1,76 @@
 import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
 import { css, cx } from 'emotion';
-import { Labels, LogRowModel } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Labels } from '@grafana/data';
 
-import { LogLabel } from './LogLabel';
 import { stylesFactory } from '../../themes';
+import { Themeable } from '../../types/theme';
+import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
+import { selectThemeVariant } from '../../themes/selectThemeVariant';
+import { withTheme } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
 
-const getStyles = stylesFactory(() => ({
-  logsLabels: css`
-    display: flex;
-    flex-wrap: wrap;
-  `,
-}));
+// Levels are already encoded in color, filename is a Loki-ism
+const HIDDEN_LABELS = ['level', 'lvl', 'filename'];
 
-interface Props {
+const getStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme) => {
+  return {
+    logsLabels: css`
+      display: flex;
+      flex-wrap: wrap;
+      font-size: ${theme.typography.size.xs};
+    `,
+    logsLabel: css`
+      label: logs-label;
+      display: flex;
+      padding: 0 2px;
+      background-color: ${selectThemeVariant({ light: theme.colors.gray5, dark: theme.colors.dark6 }, theme.type)};
+      border-radius: ${theme.border.radius};
+      margin: 0 4px 2px 0;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      overflow: hidden;
+    `,
+    logsLabelValue: css`
+      label: logs-label__value;
+      display: inline-block;
+      max-width: 20em;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+      overflow: hidden;
+    `,
+  };
+});
+
+interface Props extends Themeable {
   labels: Labels;
-  getRows: () => LogRowModel[];
-  plain?: boolean;
-  onClickLabel?: (label: string, value: string) => void;
 }
 
-export const LogLabels: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ getRows, labels, onClickLabel, plain }) => {
-  const styles = getStyles();
+export const UnThemedLogLabels: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ labels, theme }) => {
+  const styles = getStyles(theme);
+  const displayLabels = Object.keys(labels).filter(label => !label.startsWith('_') && !HIDDEN_LABELS.includes(label));
+
+  if (displayLabels.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <span className={cx([styles.logsLabels])}>
+        <span className={cx([styles.logsLabel])}>(no unique labels)</span>
+      </span>
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <span className={cx([styles.logsLabels])}>
-      {Object.keys(labels).map(key => (
-        <LogLabel
-          key={key}
-          getRows={getRows}
-          label={key}
-          value={labels[key]}
-          plain={plain}
-          onClickLabel={onClickLabel}
-        />
-      ))}
+      {displayLabels.map(label => {
+        const value = labels[label];
+        const tooltip = `${label}: ${value}`;
+        return (
+          <span key={label} className={cx([styles.logsLabel])}>
+            <span className={cx([styles.logsLabelValue])} title={tooltip}>
+              {value}
+            </span>
+          </span>
+        );
+      })}
     </span>
   );
 };
 
+export const LogLabels = withTheme(UnThemedLogLabels);
 LogLabels.displayName = 'LogLabels';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRow.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRow.tsx
index 771ff78534a..bd6dffa8df0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRow.tsx
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ import { stylesFactory } from '../../themes/stylesFactory';
 //Components
 import { LogDetails } from './LogDetails';
 import { LogRowMessage } from './LogRowMessage';
+import { LogLabels } from './LogLabels';
 
 interface Props extends Themeable {
   highlighterExpressions?: string[];
   row: LogRowModel;
   showDuplicates: boolean;
+  showLabels: boolean;
   showTime: boolean;
   wrapLogMessage: boolean;
   timeZone: TimeZone;
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ class UnThemedLogRow extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       row,
       showDuplicates,
       timeZone,
+      showLabels,
       showTime,
       wrapLogMessage,
       theme,
@@ -135,6 +138,11 @@ class UnThemedLogRow extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 {row.timeLocal}
               </div>
             )}
+            {showLabels && row.uniqueLabels && (
+              <div className={style.logsRowLabels}>
+                <LogLabels labels={row.uniqueLabels} />
+              </div>
+            )}
             <LogRowMessage
               highlighterExpressions={highlighterExpressions}
               row={row}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.test.tsx
index fe7dd4c515a..582448af537 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.test.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('LogRows', () => {
         logRows={rows}
         dedupStrategy={LogsDedupStrategy.none}
         highlighterExpressions={[]}
+        showLabels={false}
         showTime={false}
         wrapLogMessage={true}
         timeZone={'utc'}
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ describe('LogRows', () => {
         logRows={rows}
         dedupStrategy={LogsDedupStrategy.none}
         highlighterExpressions={[]}
+        showLabels={false}
         showTime={false}
         wrapLogMessage={true}
         timeZone={'utc'}
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ describe('LogRows', () => {
         deduplicatedRows={dedupedRows}
         dedupStrategy={LogsDedupStrategy.none}
         highlighterExpressions={[]}
+        showLabels={false}
         showTime={false}
         wrapLogMessage={true}
         timeZone={'utc'}
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ describe('LogRows', () => {
         logRows={rows}
         dedupStrategy={LogsDedupStrategy.none}
         highlighterExpressions={[]}
+        showLabels={false}
         showTime={false}
         wrapLogMessage={true}
         timeZone={'utc'}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.tsx
index c7c55112049..40ccaf6e68d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/LogRows.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface Props extends Themeable {
   deduplicatedRows?: LogRowModel[];
   dedupStrategy: LogsDedupStrategy;
   highlighterExpressions?: string[];
+  showLabels: boolean;
   showTime: boolean;
   wrapLogMessage: boolean;
   timeZone: TimeZone;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class UnThemedLogRows extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   render() {
     const {
       dedupStrategy,
+      showLabels,
       showTime,
       wrapLogMessage,
       logRows,
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ class UnThemedLogRows extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 highlighterExpressions={highlighterExpressions}
                 row={row}
                 showDuplicates={showDuplicates}
+                showLabels={showLabels}
                 showTime={showTime}
                 wrapLogMessage={wrapLogMessage}
                 timeZone={timeZone}
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ class UnThemedLogRows extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 getRowContext={getRowContext}
                 row={row}
                 showDuplicates={showDuplicates}
+                showLabels={showLabels}
                 showTime={showTime}
                 wrapLogMessage={wrapLogMessage}
                 timeZone={timeZone}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
index 2463476b622..d19fbe804e9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ export const getLogRowStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme, logLevel?: Lo
       width: 12.5em;
       padding-right: 1em;
     `,
+    logsRowLabels: css`
+      label: logs-row__labels;
+      display: table-cell;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      width: 22em;
+      padding-right: 1em;
+    `,
     logsRowMessage: css`
       label: logs-row__message;
       word-break: break-all;
diff --git a/public/app/core/store.ts b/public/app/core/store.ts
index b6d721d6d1a..e29111358c5 100644
--- a/public/app/core/store.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/store.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class Store {
     window.localStorage[key] = value;
   }
 
-  getBool(key: string, def: any) {
+  getBool(key: string, def: boolean): boolean {
     if (def !== void 0 && !this.exists(key)) {
       return def;
     }
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Logs.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Logs.tsx
index 764f9766e6d..ba05a554850 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Logs.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Logs.tsx
@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@ import {
   Field,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Switch, LogLabels, ToggleButtonGroup, ToggleButton, LogRows } from '@grafana/ui';
+import store from 'app/core/store';
 
 import { ExploreGraphPanel } from './ExploreGraphPanel';
 
+const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
+  showLabels: 'grafana.explore.logs.showLabels',
+  showTime: 'grafana.explore.logs.showTime',
+  wrapLogMessage: 'grafana.explore.logs.wrapLogMessage',
+};
+
 function renderMetaItem(value: any, kind: LogsMetaKind) {
   if (kind === LogsMetaKind.LabelsMap) {
     return (
       <span className="logs-meta-item__labels">
-        <LogLabels labels={value} plain getRows={() => []} />
+        <LogLabels labels={value} />
       </span>
     );
   }
@@ -56,14 +63,16 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 interface State {
+  showLabels: boolean;
   showTime: boolean;
   wrapLogMessage: boolean;
 }
 
 export class Logs extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state = {
-    showTime: true,
-    wrapLogMessage: true,
+    showLabels: store.getBool(SETTINGS_KEYS.showLabels, false),
+    showTime: store.getBool(SETTINGS_KEYS.showTime, true),
+    wrapLogMessage: store.getBool(SETTINGS_KEYS.wrapLogMessage, true),
   };
 
   onChangeDedup = (dedup: LogsDedupStrategy) => {
@@ -74,21 +83,36 @@ export class Logs extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     return onDedupStrategyChange(dedup);
   };
 
+  onChangeLabels = (event?: React.SyntheticEvent) => {
+    const target = event && (event.target as HTMLInputElement);
+    if (target) {
+      const showLabels = target.checked;
+      this.setState({
+        showLabels,
+      });
+      store.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.showLabels, showLabels);
+    }
+  };
+
   onChangeTime = (event?: React.SyntheticEvent) => {
     const target = event && (event.target as HTMLInputElement);
     if (target) {
+      const showTime = target.checked;
       this.setState({
-        showTime: target.checked,
+        showTime,
       });
+      store.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.showTime, showTime);
     }
   };
 
   onChangewrapLogMessage = (event?: React.SyntheticEvent) => {
     const target = event && (event.target as HTMLInputElement);
     if (target) {
+      const wrapLogMessage = target.checked;
       this.setState({
-        wrapLogMessage: target.checked,
+        wrapLogMessage,
       });
+      store.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.wrapLogMessage, wrapLogMessage);
     }
   };
 
@@ -134,7 +158,7 @@ export class Logs extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const { showTime, wrapLogMessage } = this.state;
+    const { showLabels, showTime, wrapLogMessage } = this.state;
     const { dedupStrategy } = this.props;
     const hasData = logRows && logRows.length > 0;
     const dedupCount = dedupedRows
@@ -175,6 +199,7 @@ export class Logs extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         <div className="logs-panel-options">
           <div className="logs-panel-controls">
             <Switch label="Time" checked={showTime} onChange={this.onChangeTime} transparent />
+            <Switch label="Unique labels" checked={showLabels} onChange={this.onChangeLabels} transparent />
             <Switch label="Wrap lines" checked={wrapLogMessage} onChange={this.onChangewrapLogMessage} transparent />
             <ToggleButtonGroup label="Dedup" transparent={true}>
               {Object.keys(LogsDedupStrategy).map((dedupType: string, i) => (
@@ -213,6 +238,7 @@ export class Logs extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
           rowLimit={logRows ? logRows.length : undefined}
           onClickFilterLabel={onClickFilterLabel}
           onClickFilterOutLabel={onClickFilterOutLabel}
+          showLabels={showLabels}
           showTime={showTime}
           wrapLogMessage={wrapLogMessage}
           timeZone={timeZone}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanel.tsx
index d9198ac4bc3..ab8d186eee5 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanel.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface LogsPanelProps extends PanelProps<Options> {}
 export const LogsPanel: React.FunctionComponent<LogsPanelProps> = ({
   data,
   timeZone,
-  options: { showTime, wrapLogMessage, sortOrder },
+  options: { showLabels, showTime, wrapLogMessage, sortOrder },
   width,
 }) => {
   if (!data) {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const LogsPanel: React.FunctionComponent<LogsPanelProps> = ({
         logRows={sortedNewResults.rows}
         dedupStrategy={LogsDedupStrategy.none}
         highlighterExpressions={[]}
+        showLabels={showLabels}
         showTime={showTime}
         wrapLogMessage={wrapLogMessage}
         timeZone={timeZone}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanelEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanelEditor.tsx
index c27632e1cd6..a39af06d1fc 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanelEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/LogsPanelEditor.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ const sortOrderOptions = [
 ];
 
 export class LogsPanelEditor extends PureComponent<PanelEditorProps<Options>> {
+  onToggleLabels = () => {
+    const { options, onOptionsChange } = this.props;
+    const { showLabels } = options;
+
+    onOptionsChange({ ...options, showLabels: !showLabels });
+  };
+
   onToggleTime = () => {
     const { options, onOptionsChange } = this.props;
     const { showTime } = options;
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ export class LogsPanelEditor extends PureComponent<PanelEditorProps<Options>> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { showTime, wrapLogMessage, sortOrder } = this.props.options;
+    const { showLabels, showTime, wrapLogMessage, sortOrder } = this.props.options;
     const value = sortOrderOptions.filter(option => option.value === sortOrder)[0];
 
     return (
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ export class LogsPanelEditor extends PureComponent<PanelEditorProps<Options>> {
         <PanelOptionsGrid>
           <PanelOptionsGroup title="Columns">
             <Switch label="Time" labelClass="width-10" checked={showTime} onChange={this.onToggleTime} />
+            <Switch label="Labels" labelClass="width-10" checked={showLabels} onChange={this.onToggleLabels} />
             <Switch
               label="Wrap lines"
               labelClass="width-10"
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/types.ts
index 46859ddce08..63410c4db1f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/logs/types.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { SortOrder } from 'app/core/utils/explore';
 
 export interface Options {
+  showLabels: boolean;
   showTime: boolean;
   wrapLogMessage: boolean;
   sortOrder: SortOrder;
 }
 
 export const defaults: Options = {
+  showLabels: false,
   showTime: true,
   wrapLogMessage: true,
   sortOrder: SortOrder.Descending,