diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.test.tsx
index 537755195bf..6b4107b6d3a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
+import { store } from '@grafana/data';
+
 import { ContentOutline } from './ContentOutline';
 
 jest.mock('./ContentOutlineContext', () => ({
@@ -73,15 +75,15 @@ const setup = (mergeSingleChild = false) => {
 describe('<ContentOutline />', () => {
   it('toggles content on button click', async () => {
     setup();
-    let showContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand outline' });
+    let showContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse outline' });
     expect(showContentOutlineButton).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     await userEvent.click(showContentOutlineButton);
-    const hideContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse outline' });
+    const hideContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand outline' });
     expect(hideContentOutlineButton).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     await userEvent.click(hideContentOutlineButton);
-    showContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand outline' });
+    showContentOutlineButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse outline' });
     expect(showContentOutlineButton).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
@@ -157,4 +159,15 @@ describe('<ContentOutline />', () => {
 
     expect(unregisterMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('item-2-1');
   });
+
+  it('should retrieve the last expanded state from local storage', async () => {
+    const getBoolMock = jest.spyOn(store, 'getBool').mockReturnValue(false);
+    setup();
+    const collapseContentOutlineButton = screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse outline' });
+    const expandContentOutlineButton = screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Expand outline' });
+    expect(collapseContentOutlineButton).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(expandContentOutlineButton).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    getBoolMock.mockRestore();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.tsx
index 415f34f3e52..ddd82ce01a3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/ContentOutline/ContentOutline.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useToggle, useScroll } from 'react-use';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme2, store } from '@grafana/data';
 import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { useStyles2, PanelContainer, CustomScrollbar } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { ContentOutlineItemContextProps, useContentOutlineContext } from './ContentOutlineContext';
-import { ITEM_TYPES } from './ContentOutlineItem';
 import { ContentOutlineItemButton } from './ContentOutlineItemButton';
 
 function scrollableChildren(item: ContentOutlineItemContextProps) {
@@ -35,8 +34,15 @@ function shouldBeActive(
   }
 }
 
+export const CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS = {
+  visible: 'grafana.explore.contentOutline.visible',
+  expanded: 'grafana.explore.contentOutline.expanded',
+};
+
 export function ContentOutline({ scroller, panelId }: { scroller: HTMLElement | undefined; panelId: string }) {
-  const [contentOutlineExpanded, toggleContentOutlineExpanded] = useToggle(false);
+  const [contentOutlineExpanded, toggleContentOutlineExpanded] = useToggle(
+    store.getBool(CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.expanded, true)
+  );
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles, contentOutlineExpanded);
   const scrollerRef = useRef(scroller || null);
   const { y: verticalScroll } = useScroll(scrollerRef);
@@ -57,12 +63,7 @@ export function ContentOutline({ scroller, panelId }: { scroller: HTMLElement |
     }, {});
   });
 
-  const scrollIntoView = (
-    ref: HTMLElement | null,
-    itemPanelId: string,
-    itemType: ITEM_TYPES | undefined,
-    customOffsetTop = 0
-  ) => {
+  const scrollIntoView = (ref: HTMLElement | null, customOffsetTop = 0) => {
     let scrollValue = 0;
     let el: HTMLElement | null | undefined = ref;
 
@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ export function ContentOutline({ scroller, panelId }: { scroller: HTMLElement |
       });
 
       if (activeParent) {
-        scrollIntoView(activeParent.ref, activeParent.panelId, activeParent.type, activeParent.customTopOffset);
+        scrollIntoView(activeParent.ref, activeParent.customTopOffset);
       }
     } else {
-      scrollIntoView(item.ref, item.panelId, item.type, item.customTopOffset);
+      scrollIntoView(item.ref, item.customTopOffset);
       reportInteraction('explore_toolbar_contentoutline_clicked', {
         item: 'select_section',
         type: item.panelId,
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export function ContentOutline({ scroller, panelId }: { scroller: HTMLElement |
   };
 
   const toggle = () => {
+    store.set(CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.expanded, !contentOutlineExpanded);
     toggleContentOutlineExpanded();
     reportInteraction('explore_toolbar_contentoutline_clicked', {
       item: 'outline',
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
index 4ea74b48fc4..8cf7d3382e7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Props as AutoSizerProps } from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
 import { TestProvider } from 'test/helpers/TestProvider';
 
-import { CoreApp, createTheme, DataSourceApi, EventBusSrv, LoadingState, PluginExtensionTypes } from '@grafana/data';
+import {
+  CoreApp,
+  createTheme,
+  DataSourceApi,
+  EventBusSrv,
+  LoadingState,
+  PluginExtensionTypes,
+  store,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { usePluginLinkExtensions } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
@@ -225,4 +233,14 @@ describe('Explore', () => {
       expect(dataSourcePicker).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Content Outline', () => {
+    it('should retrieve the last visible state from local storage', async () => {
+      const getBoolMock = jest.spyOn(store, 'getBool').mockReturnValue(false);
+      setup();
+      const showContentOutlineButton = screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse outline' });
+      expect(showContentOutlineButton).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      getBoolMock.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
index 22ce2d7688b..7bf13532be5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   QueryFixAction,
   RawTimeRange,
   SplitOpenOptions,
+  store,
   SupplementaryQueryType,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 
 import { getTimeZone } from '../profile/state/selectors';
 
-import { ContentOutline } from './ContentOutline/ContentOutline';
+import { CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS, ContentOutline } from './ContentOutline/ContentOutline';
 import { ContentOutlineContextProvider } from './ContentOutline/ContentOutlineContext';
 import { ContentOutlineItem } from './ContentOutline/ContentOutlineItem';
 import { CorrelationHelper } from './CorrelationHelper';
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export class Explore extends PureComponent<Props, ExploreState> {
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
-      contentOutlineVisible: false,
+      contentOutlineVisible: store.getBool(CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.visible, true),
     };
     this.graphEventBus = props.eventBus.newScopedBus('graph', { onlyLocal: false });
     this.logsEventBus = props.eventBus.newScopedBus('logs', { onlyLocal: false });
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ export class Explore extends PureComponent<Props, ExploreState> {
   };
 
   onContentOutlineToogle = () => {
+    store.set(CONTENT_OUTLINE_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.visible, !this.state.contentOutlineVisible);
     this.setState((state) => {
       reportInteraction('explore_toolbar_contentoutline_clicked', {
         item: 'outline',