diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs.go
index 4d89b606cfb..ad300969d2d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
@@ -14,28 +15,77 @@ type query struct {
 
 var (
 	defaultFuncs = template.FuncMap{
-		"graphLink": graphLink,
-		"tableLink": tableLink,
+		"filterLabels":    filterLabelsFunc,
+		"filterLabelsRe":  filterLabelsReFunc,
+		"graphLink":       graphLinkFunc,
+		"removeLabels":    removeLabelsFunc,
+		"removeLabelslRe": removeLabelsReFunc,
+		"tableLink":       tableLinkFunc,
 	}
 )
 
-var (
-	graphLink = func(data string) string {
-		var q query
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &q); err != nil {
-			return ""
+// filterLabelsFunc removes all labels that do not match the string.
+func filterLabelsFunc(m Labels, match string) Labels {
+	res := make(Labels)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		if k == match {
+			res[k] = v
 		}
-		datasource := url.QueryEscape(q.Datasource)
-		expr := url.QueryEscape(q.Expr)
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`/explore?left={"datasource":%[1]q,"queries":[{"datasource":%[1]q,"expr":%q,"instant":false,"range":true,"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}`, datasource, expr)
 	}
-	tableLink = func(data string) string {
-		var q query
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &q); err != nil {
-			return ""
+	return res
+}
+
+// filterLabelsReFunc removes all labels that do not match the regex.
+func filterLabelsReFunc(m Labels, pattern string) Labels {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
+	res := make(Labels)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		if re.MatchString(k) {
+			res[k] = v
 		}
-		datasource := url.QueryEscape(q.Datasource)
-		expr := url.QueryEscape(q.Expr)
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`/explore?left={"datasource":%[1]q,"queries":[{"datasource":%[1]q,"expr":%q,"instant":true,"range":false,"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}`, datasource, expr)
 	}
-)
+	return res
+}
+
+func graphLinkFunc(data string) string {
+	var q query
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &q); err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	datasource := url.QueryEscape(q.Datasource)
+	expr := url.QueryEscape(q.Expr)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`/explore?left={"datasource":%[1]q,"queries":[{"datasource":%[1]q,"expr":%q,"instant":false,"range":true,"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}`, datasource, expr)
+}
+
+// removeLabelsFunc removes all labels that match the string.
+func removeLabelsFunc(m Labels, match string) Labels {
+	res := make(Labels)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		if k != match {
+			res[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// removeLabelsReFunc removes all labels that match the regex.
+func removeLabelsReFunc(m Labels, pattern string) Labels {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
+	res := make(Labels)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		if !re.MatchString(k) {
+			res[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+func tableLinkFunc(data string) string {
+	var q query
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &q); err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	datasource := url.QueryEscape(q.Datasource)
+	expr := url.QueryEscape(q.Expr)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`/explore?left={"datasource":%[1]q,"queries":[{"datasource":%[1]q,"expr":%q,"instant":true,"range":false,"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}`, datasource, expr)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4164208561f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/state/template/funcs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package template
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestFilterLabelsFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	l := Labels{"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"}
+	assert.Equal(t, Labels{"foo": "bar"}, filterLabelsFunc(l, "foo"))
+}
+
+func TestFilterLabelsReFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	l := Labels{"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"}
+	assert.Equal(t, Labels{"foo": "bar"}, filterLabelsReFunc(l, "f.*"))
+}
+
+func TestRemoveLabelsFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	l := Labels{"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"}
+	assert.Equal(t, Labels{"bar": "baz"}, removeLabelsFunc(l, "foo"))
+}
+
+func TestRemoveLabelsReFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	l := Labels{"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"}
+	assert.Equal(t, Labels{"bar": "baz"}, removeLabelsReFunc(l, "f.*"))
+}