diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.test.tsx
index d3d5b197067..774f2ea7c79 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { times } from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
 import { byLabelText, byRole, byTestId } from 'testing-library-selector';
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const ui = {
     pending: byLabelText(/^Pending/),
   },
   instanceRow: byTestId('row'),
+  showAllInstances: byTestId('show-all'),
 };
 
 describe('RuleDetailsMatchingInstances', () => {
@@ -116,6 +118,31 @@ describe('RuleDetailsMatchingInstances', () => {
         expect(ui.instanceRow.get()).toHaveTextContent(alertStateToReadable(state));
       }
     );
+
+    it('should correctly filter instances', async () => {
+      const event = userEvent.setup();
+
+      const rule = mockCombinedRule({
+        promRule: mockPromAlertingRule({
+          alerts: times(100, () => mockPromAlert({ state: GrafanaAlertState.Normal })),
+        }),
+        instanceTotals: {
+          inactive: 100,
+        },
+      });
+
+      render(<RuleDetailsMatchingInstances rule={rule} enableFiltering pagination={{ itemsPerPage: 10 }} />);
+
+      // should show all instances by default
+      expect(ui.showAllInstances.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      // filter by "error" state, should have no instances in that state
+      await event.click(ui.grafanaStateButton.error.get());
+
+      // click "show all" instances
+      await event.click(ui.showAllInstances.get());
+      expect(ui.showAllInstances.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.tsx
index c52170a4d6c..76add623041 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsMatchingInstances.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { countBy, sum } from 'lodash';
 import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { MatcherFilter } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/alert-groups/MatcherFilter';
 import {
   AlertInstanceStateFilter,
@@ -34,25 +35,24 @@ interface ShowMoreStats {
   visibleItemsCount: number;
 }
 
-function ShowMoreInstances(props: { ruleViewPageLink: string; stats: ShowMoreStats }) {
+function ShowMoreInstances(props: { onClick: () => void; stats: ShowMoreStats }) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const { ruleViewPageLink, stats } = props;
+  const { onClick, stats } = props;
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.footerRow}>
       <div>
         Showing {stats.visibleItemsCount} out of {stats.totalItemsCount} instances
       </div>
-      {ruleViewPageLink && (
-        <LinkButton href={ruleViewPageLink} size="sm" variant="secondary">
-          Show all {stats.totalItemsCount} alert instances
-        </LinkButton>
-      )}
+      <Button size="sm" variant="secondary" data-testid="show-all" onClick={onClick}>
+        Show all {stats.totalItemsCount} alert instances
+      </Button>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export function RuleDetailsMatchingInstances(props: Props): JSX.Element | null {
+  const history = useHistory();
   const {
     rule: { promRule, namespace, instanceTotals },
     itemsDisplayLimit = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
@@ -98,8 +98,13 @@ export function RuleDetailsMatchingInstances(props: Props): JSX.Element | null {
   const ruleViewPageLink = createViewLink(namespace.rulesSource, props.rule, location.pathname + location.search);
   const statsComponents = getComponentsFromStats(instanceTotals);
 
+  const resetFilter = () => setAlertState(undefined);
+  const navigateToDetailView = () => history.push(ruleViewPageLink);
+
+  const onShowMoreInstances = enableFiltering ? resetFilter : navigateToDetailView;
+
   const footerRow = hiddenInstancesCount ? (
-    <ShowMoreInstances stats={stats} ruleViewPageLink={ruleViewPageLink} />
+    <ShowMoreInstances stats={stats} onClick={onShowMoreInstances} />
   ) : undefined;
 
   return (