diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
index 7ee1eae5f37..3e77035f13c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export interface ObjectMeta {
   generation?: number;
   // The first time this was saved
   creationTimestamp: string;
+  // The time this resource was marked for deletion
+  deletionTimestamp?: string;
   // General resource annotations -- including the common grafana.app values
   annotations?: GrafanaAnnotations & GrafanaClientAnnotations;
   // General application level key+value pairs
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/useRecentlyDeletedStateManager.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/useRecentlyDeletedStateManager.ts
index 3dd83fe2580..fa2d252c322 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/useRecentlyDeletedStateManager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/useRecentlyDeletedStateManager.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export class TrashStateManager extends SearchStateManager {
     }
   };
 
-  // Only alphabetical sorting is supported for deleted dashboards
   getSortOptions = async (): Promise<SelectableValue[]> => {
     return Promise.resolve([
       {
@@ -81,6 +80,14 @@ export class TrashStateManager extends SearchStateManager {
         label: t('browse-dashboards.trash-state-manager.label.alphabetically-za', 'Alphabetically (Z–A)'),
         value: 'alpha-desc',
       },
+      {
+        label: t('browse-dashboards.trash-state-manager.label.deleted-oldest', 'Deleted (oldest first)'),
+        value: 'deleted-asc',
+      },
+      {
+        label: t('browse-dashboards.trash-state-manager.label.deleted-newest', 'Deleted (newest first)'),
+        value: 'deleted-desc',
+      },
     ]);
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/utils.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/utils.ts
index 981127f6688..cf93994d823 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/utils.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ export function queryResultToViewItem(
 
 export function resourceToSearchResult(resource: ResourceList<DashboardDataDTO>): SearchHit[] {
   return resource.items.map((item) => {
+    const field: Record<string, string | number> = {};
+    if (item.metadata.deletionTimestamp) {
+      field.deletionTimestamp = item.metadata.deletionTimestamp;
+    }
+
     const hit = {
       resource: 'dashboards',
       name: item.metadata.name,
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ export function resourceToSearchResult(resource: ResourceList<DashboardDataDTO>)
       location: 'general',
       folder: item?.metadata?.annotations?.[AnnoKeyFolder] ?? 'general',
       tags: item.spec?.tags || [],
-      field: {},
+      field,
       url: '',
     };
     if (!hit.folder) {
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ export function searchHitsToDashboardSearchHits(searchHits: SearchHit[]): Dashbo
 /**
  * Filters search results based on query parameters
  * This is used when backend filtering is not available (e.g., for deleted dashboards)
- * Supports fuzzy search for tags and titles and alphabetical sorting
+ * Supports fuzzy search for tags and titles, alphabetical sorting, and deletion timestamp sorting
  */
 export function filterSearchResults(
   results: SearchHit[],
@@ -185,9 +190,33 @@ export function filterSearchResults(
   }
 
   if (query.sort) {
-    const collator = new Intl.Collator();
-    const mult = query.sort === 'alpha-desc' ? -1 : 1;
-    filtered.sort((a, b) => mult * collator.compare(a.title, b.title));
+    if (query.sort === 'deleted-asc' || query.sort === 'deleted-desc') {
+      const mult = query.sort === 'deleted-desc' ? -1 : 1;
+      filtered.sort((a, b) => {
+        const timestampA = a.field.deletionTimestamp;
+        const timestampB = b.field.deletionTimestamp;
+
+        // Handle missing or invalid timestamps - items without timestamps go to the end
+        if (typeof timestampA !== 'string' && typeof timestampB !== 'string') {
+          return 0;
+        }
+        if (typeof timestampA !== 'string') {
+          return 1;
+        }
+        if (typeof timestampB !== 'string') {
+          return -1;
+        }
+
+        const timeA = Date.parse(timestampA);
+        const timeB = Date.parse(timestampB);
+        return mult * (timeA - timeB);
+      });
+    } else {
+      // Alphabetical sorting
+      const collator = new Intl.Collator();
+      const mult = query.sort === 'alpha-desc' ? -1 : 1;
+      filtered.sort((a, b) => mult * collator.compare(a.title, b.title));
+    }
   }
 
   return filtered;
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 794dab7bbf5..662711d4270 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -3692,7 +3692,9 @@
     "trash-state-manager": {
       "label": {
         "alphabetically-az": "Alphabetically (A–Z)",
-        "alphabetically-za": "Alphabetically (Z–A)"
+        "alphabetically-za": "Alphabetically (Z–A)",
+        "deleted-newest": "Deleted (newest first)",
+        "deleted-oldest": "Deleted (oldest first)"
       }
     }
   },