diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.test.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.test.tsx
index 3cd8b448e51..4c7a4741afb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { render as rtlRender, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render as rtlRender, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React, { ComponentProps } from 'react';
 import AutoSizer from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/__mocks__/routeProps
 import BrowseDashboardsPage, { Props } from './BrowseDashboardsPage';
 import { wellFormedTree } from './fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture';
 import * as permissions from './permissions';
-const [mockTree, { dashbdD }] = wellFormedTree();
+const [mockTree, { dashbdD, folderA }] = wellFormedTree();
 
 jest.mock('react-virtualized-auto-sizer', () => {
   return {
@@ -98,4 +98,23 @@ describe('browse-dashboards BrowseDashboardsPage', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Move' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Delete' })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('navigating into a child item resets the selected state', async () => {
+    render(<BrowseDashboardsPage {...props} />);
+
+    const checkbox = await screen.findByTestId(selectors.pages.BrowseDashbards.table.checkbox(folderA.item.uid));
+    await userEvent.click(checkbox);
+
+    // Check the actions are now visible
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Move' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Delete' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('link', { name: folderA.item.title }));
+
+    // Check the actions are no longer visible
+    waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Move' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Delete' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
index ac10735a8a7..53ed0989428 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { FilterInput, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
+import { useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 
 import { buildNavModel } from '../folders/state/navModel';
 import { useSearchStateManager } from '../search/state/SearchStateManager';
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import { BrowseView } from './components/BrowseView';
 import { CreateNewButton } from './components/CreateNewButton';
 import { SearchView } from './components/SearchView';
 import { getFolderPermissions } from './permissions';
-import { useHasSelection } from './state';
+import { setAllSelection, useHasSelection } from './state';
 
 export interface BrowseDashboardsPageRouteParams {
   uid?: string;
@@ -31,12 +32,22 @@ export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<BrowseDashboardsPageRo
 
 const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(({ match }: Props) => {
   const { uid: folderUID } = match.params;
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const [searchState, stateManager] = useSearchStateManager();
   const isSearching = stateManager.hasSearchFilters();
 
-  useEffect(() => stateManager.initStateFromUrl(folderUID), [folderUID, stateManager]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    stateManager.initStateFromUrl(folderUID);
+
+    // Clear selected state when folderUID changes
+    dispatch(
+      setAllSelection({
+        isSelected: false,
+      })
+    );
+  }, [dispatch, folderUID, stateManager]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // Clear the search results when we leave SearchView to prevent old results flashing
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture.ts
index a40bd2264c0..18fcd6139d4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/fixtures/dashboardsTreeItem.fixture.ts
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ export function wellFormedFolder(
   itemPartial?: Partial<DashboardViewItem>
 ): DashboardsTreeItem<DashboardViewItem> {
   const random = Chance(seed);
+  const uid = random.guid();
 
   return {
     item: {
       kind: 'folder',
       title: random.sentence({ words: 3 }),
-      uid: random.guid(),
+      uid,
+      url: `/dashboards/f/${uid}`,
       ...itemPartial,
     },
     level: 0,