diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
index 7f7b1c9cbb3..5f9953dfbab 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/SearchView.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function SearchView({
     onTagSelected: stateManager.onAddTag,
     keyboardEvents,
     onDatasourceChange: searchState.datasource ? stateManager.onDatasourceChange : undefined,
-    onClickItem: stateManager.onSearchItemClicked,
+    onClickItem: searchState.deleted ? undefined : stateManager.onSearchItemClicked,
   };
 
   return <SearchResultsTable {...props} />;
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
index 73238127388..39e79b3d765 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export const SearchResultsTable = React.memo(
                   cell={cell}
                   columnIndex={index}
                   columnCount={row.cells.length}
-                  userProps={{ href: url, onClick: onClickItem }}
+                  userProps={{ href: onClickItem ? url : undefined, onClick: onClickItem }}
                   frame={response.view.dataFrame}
                 />
               );
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/page/components/columns.tsx b/public/app/features/search/page/components/columns.tsx
index 72f6c1ae0bf..297771ce6eb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/page/components/columns.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/page/components/columns.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export const generateColumns = (
         <div key={key} className={styles.cell} {...cellProps}>
           {!response.isItemLoaded(p.row.index) ? (
             <Skeleton width={200} />
-          ) : isDeleted ? (
+          ) : isDeleted || !p.userProps.href ? (
             <span className={classNames}>{name}</span>
           ) : (
             <a href={p.userProps.href} onClick={p.userProps.onClick} className={classNames} title={name}>