diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
index 76169d3d8ab..c67fe825014 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(({ match }: Props) => {
     dispatch(
       setAllSelection({
         isSelected: false,
+        folderUID: undefined,
       })
     );
   }, [dispatch, folderUID, stateManager]);
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/BrowseActions.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/BrowseActions.tsx
index 2d6c6c396fe..a42c5ef9f97 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/BrowseActions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/BrowseActions.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function BrowseActions() {
   const isSearching = stateManager.hasSearchFilters();
 
   const onActionComplete = (parentsToRefresh: Set<string | undefined>) => {
-    dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: false }));
+    dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: false, folderUID: undefined }));
 
     if (isSearching) {
       // Redo search query
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
index c1236db1378..4ebeaedd37c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseView.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function BrowseView({ folderUID, width, height, canSelect }: BrowseViewPr
       height={height}
       isSelected={isSelected}
       onFolderClick={handleFolderClick}
-      onAllSelectionChange={(newState) => dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: newState }))}
+      onAllSelectionChange={(newState) => dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: newState, folderUID }))}
       onItemSelectionChange={handleItemSelectionChange}
       isItemLoaded={isItemLoaded}
       requestLoadMore={handleLoadMore}
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
index 1c4653de2a9..f2e4b2d19de 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function SearchView({ width, height, canSelect }: SearchViewProps) {
   );
 
   const clearSelection = useCallback(() => {
-    dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: false }));
+    dispatch(setAllSelection({ isSelected: false, folderUID: undefined }));
   }, [dispatch]);
 
   const handleItemSelectionChange = useCallback(
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts
index 060a8843d6d..e90b484c129 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.test.ts
@@ -324,15 +324,15 @@ describe('browse-dashboards reducers', () => {
   });
 
   describe('setAllSelection', () => {
-    it('selects all loaded items', () => {
-      const state = createInitialState();
+    let seed = 1;
+    const topLevelDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++).item;
+    const topLevelFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++).item;
+    const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
+    const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
+    const grandchildDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: childFolder.uid }).item;
 
-      let seed = 1;
-      const topLevelDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++).item;
-      const topLevelFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++).item;
-      const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
-      const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
-      const grandchildDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: childFolder.uid }).item;
+    it('selects all items in the root folder', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
 
       state.rootItems = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([topLevelFolder, topLevelDashboard]);
       state.childrenByParentUID[topLevelFolder.uid] = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([childDashboard, childFolder]);
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ describe('browse-dashboards reducers', () => {
       state.selectedItems.folder[childFolder.uid] = false;
       state.selectedItems.dashboard[grandchildDashboard.uid] = true;
 
-      setAllSelection(state, { type: 'setAllSelection', payload: { isSelected: true } });
+      setAllSelection(state, { type: 'setAllSelection', payload: { isSelected: true, folderUID: undefined } });
 
       expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
         $all: true,
@@ -358,16 +358,9 @@ describe('browse-dashboards reducers', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('deselects all items', () => {
+    it('selects all items when viewing a folder', () => {
       const state = createInitialState();
 
-      let seed = 1;
-      const topLevelDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++).item;
-      const topLevelFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++).item;
-      const childDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
-      const childFolder = wellFormedFolder(seed++, {}, { parentUID: topLevelFolder.uid }).item;
-      const grandchildDashboard = wellFormedDashboard(seed++, {}, { parentUID: childFolder.uid }).item;
-
       state.rootItems = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([topLevelFolder, topLevelDashboard]);
       state.childrenByParentUID[topLevelFolder.uid] = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([childDashboard, childFolder]);
       state.childrenByParentUID[childFolder.uid] = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([grandchildDashboard]);
@@ -375,7 +368,32 @@ describe('browse-dashboards reducers', () => {
       state.selectedItems.folder[childFolder.uid] = false;
       state.selectedItems.dashboard[grandchildDashboard.uid] = true;
 
-      setAllSelection(state, { type: 'setAllSelection', payload: { isSelected: false } });
+      setAllSelection(state, { type: 'setAllSelection', payload: { isSelected: true, folderUID: topLevelFolder.uid } });
+
+      expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
+        $all: true,
+        dashboard: {
+          [childDashboard.uid]: true,
+          [grandchildDashboard.uid]: true,
+        },
+        folder: {
+          [childFolder.uid]: true,
+        },
+        panel: {},
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('deselects all items', () => {
+      const state = createInitialState();
+
+      state.rootItems = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([topLevelFolder, topLevelDashboard]);
+      state.childrenByParentUID[topLevelFolder.uid] = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([childDashboard, childFolder]);
+      state.childrenByParentUID[childFolder.uid] = fullyLoadedViewItemCollection([grandchildDashboard]);
+
+      state.selectedItems.folder[childFolder.uid] = false;
+      state.selectedItems.dashboard[grandchildDashboard.uid] = true;
+
+      setAllSelection(state, { type: 'setAllSelection', payload: { isSelected: false, folderUID: undefined } });
 
       // Deselecting only sets selection = false for things already selected
       expect(state.selectedItems).toEqual({
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts
index ef9fa2d0be1..35bdca99ce8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/state/reducers.ts
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ export function setItemSelectionState(
   state.selectedItems.$all = state.rootItems?.items?.every((v) => state.selectedItems[v.kind][v.uid]) ?? false;
 }
 
-export function setAllSelection(state: BrowseDashboardsState, action: PayloadAction<{ isSelected: boolean }>) {
-  const { isSelected } = action.payload;
+export function setAllSelection(
+  state: BrowseDashboardsState,
+  action: PayloadAction<{ isSelected: boolean; folderUID: string | undefined }>
+) {
+  const { isSelected, folderUID: folderUIDArg } = action.payload;
 
   state.selectedItems.$all = isSelected;
 
@@ -141,17 +144,27 @@ export function setAllSelection(state: BrowseDashboardsState, action: PayloadAct
   //    redux, so we just need to iterate over the selected items to flip them to false
 
   if (isSelected) {
-    for (const folderUID in state.childrenByParentUID) {
-      const collection = state.childrenByParentUID[folderUID];
+    // Recursively select the children of the folder in view
+    function selectChildrenOfFolder(folderUID: string | undefined) {
+      const collection = folderUID ? state.childrenByParentUID[folderUID] : state.rootItems;
 
-      for (const child of collection?.items ?? []) {
+      // Bail early if the collection isn't found (not loaded yet)
+      if (!collection) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      for (const child of collection.items) {
         state.selectedItems[child.kind][child.uid] = isSelected;
+
+        if (child.kind !== 'folder') {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        selectChildrenOfFolder(child.uid);
       }
     }
 
-    for (const child of state.rootItems?.items ?? []) {
-      state.selectedItems[child.kind][child.uid] = isSelected;
-    }
+    selectChildrenOfFolder(folderUIDArg);
   } else {
     // if deselecting only need to loop over what we've already selected
     for (const kind in state.selectedItems) {