diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.tsx
index ceeb7772aec..d04c45fe2fb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import { LogRows } from 'app/features/logs/components/LogRows';
 import { LogRowContextModal } from 'app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal';
 import { LogLevelColor, dedupLogRows, filterLogLevels } from 'app/features/logs/logsModel';
 import { getLogLevel, getLogLevelFromKey, getLogLevelInfo } from 'app/features/logs/utils';
+import { LokiQueryDirection } from 'app/plugins/datasource/loki/dataquery.gen';
 import { getState } from 'app/store/store';
 import { ExploreItemState, useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -733,6 +734,9 @@ const UnthemedLogs: React.FunctionComponent<Props> = (props: Props) => {
   const filteredLogs = filterRows(logRows, hiddenLogLevels);
   const { dedupedRows, dedupCount } = dedupRows(filteredLogs, dedupStrategy);
   const navigationRange = createNavigationRange(logRows);
+  const infiniteScrollAvailable = !logsQueries?.some(
+    (query) => 'direction' in query && query.direction === LokiQueryDirection.Scan
+  );
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -932,7 +936,7 @@ const UnthemedLogs: React.FunctionComponent<Props> = (props: Props) => {
             >
               <InfiniteScroll
                 loading={loading}
-                loadMoreLogs={loadMoreLogs}
+                loadMoreLogs={infiniteScrollAvailable ? loadMoreLogs : undefined}
                 range={props.range}
                 timeZone={timeZone}
                 rows={logRows}
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/LogsVolumePanelList.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/LogsVolumePanelList.tsx
index b9b788a42f8..db4974e6ef7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/LogsVolumePanelList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/LogsVolumePanelList.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   TimeRange,
   TimeZone,
 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Button, InlineField, Alert, useStyles2, SeriesVisibilityChangeMode } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ export const LogsVolumePanelList = ({
     return !isLogsVolumeLimited(data) && zoomRatio && zoomRatio < 1;
   });
 
+  const canShowPartialData =
+    config.featureToggles.lokiShardSplitting && logsVolumeData && logsVolumeData.data.length > 0;
   const timeoutError = isTimeoutErrorResponse(logsVolumeData);
 
   const from = dateTime(Math.max(absoluteRange.from, allLogsVolumeMaximumRange.from));
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ export const LogsVolumePanelList = ({
 
   if (logsVolumeData?.state === LoadingState.Loading) {
     return <span>Loading...</span>;
-  } else if (timeoutError) {
+  } else if (timeoutError && !canShowPartialData) {
     return (
       <SupplementaryResultError
         title="Unable to show log volume"
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ export const LogsVolumePanelList = ({
         onRemove={onClose}
       />
     );
-  } else if (logsVolumeData?.error !== undefined) {
+  } else if (logsVolumeData?.error !== undefined && !canShowPartialData) {
     return <SupplementaryResultError error={logsVolumeData.error} title="Failed to load log volume for this query" />;
   }
 
@@ -143,6 +146,14 @@ export const LogsVolumePanelList = ({
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.listContainer}>
+      {timeoutError && canShowPartialData && (
+        <SupplementaryResultError
+          title="Showing partial data"
+          message="The query is trying to access too much data and some sharded requests could not be completed. Try decreasing the time range or adding more labels to your query."
+          severity="info"
+          dismissable
+        />
+      )}
       {Object.keys(logVolumes).map((name, index) => {
         return (
           <LogsVolumePanel
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/SupplementaryResultError.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/SupplementaryResultError.tsx
index 1a1785aac40..cd5047c19cc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/SupplementaryResultError.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/SupplementaryResultError.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { ReactNode, useState } from 'react';
+import { ReactNode, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { DataQueryError, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Alert, AlertVariant, Button, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ type Props = {
   suggestedAction?: string;
   onSuggestedAction?(): void;
   onRemove?(): void;
+  dismissable?: boolean;
 };
 const SHORT_ERROR_MESSAGE_LIMIT = 100;
 export function SupplementaryResultError(props: Props) {
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [dismissed, setDismissed] = useState(false);
 
-  const { error, title, suggestedAction, onSuggestedAction, onRemove, severity = 'warning' } = props;
+  const { dismissable, error, title, suggestedAction, onSuggestedAction, onRemove, severity = 'warning' } = props;
   // generic get-error-message-logic, taken from
   // /public/app/features/explore/ErrorContainer.tsx
   const message = props.message ?? error?.message ?? error?.data?.message ?? '';
@@ -25,11 +27,21 @@ export function SupplementaryResultError(props: Props) {
   const theme = useTheme2();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
 
+  const dismiss = useCallback(() => {
+    setDismissed(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleRemove = dismissable ? dismiss : onRemove;
+
+  if (dismissed) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className={styles.supplementaryErrorContainer}>
-      <Alert title={title} severity={severity} onRemove={onRemove}>
+      <Alert title={title} severity={severity} onRemove={handleRemove}>
         {showButton ? (
-          <div className={styles.suggestedActionWrapper}>
+          <div className={styles.messageWrapper}>
             {!isOpen ? (
               <Button
                 variant="secondary"
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ export function SupplementaryResultError(props: Props) {
             )}
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <div className={styles.suggestedActionWrapper}>
+          <div className={`${styles.messageWrapper} ${styles.suggestedActionWrapper}`}>
             {message}
             {suggestedAction && onSuggestedAction && (
               <Button variant="primary" size="xs" onClick={onSuggestedAction}>
@@ -62,26 +74,24 @@ export function SupplementaryResultError(props: Props) {
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
     supplementaryErrorContainer: css({
-      width: '50%',
+      width: '60%',
       minWidth: `${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px`,
+      maxWidth: `${theme.breakpoints.values.md}px`,
       margin: '0 auto',
-      [theme.breakpoints.down('lg')]: {
-        width: '70%',
-      },
-      [theme.breakpoints.down('md')]: {
-        width: '100%',
-      },
     }),
-    suggestedActionWrapper: css({
+    messageWrapper: css({
       minHeight: theme.spacing(3),
-      ['button']: {
-        position: 'absolute',
-        right: theme.spacing(2),
-        bottom: theme.spacing(2),
-      },
       ['ul']: {
         paddingLeft: theme.spacing(2),
       },
+      ['button']: {
+        position: 'absolute',
+        bottom: theme.spacing(2),
+        right: theme.spacing(2),
+      },
+    }),
+    suggestedActionWrapper: css({
+      paddingBottom: theme.spacing(5),
     }),
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/InfiniteScroll.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/InfiniteScroll.tsx
index 9572f0ca283..66ff34e4452 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/InfiniteScroll.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/InfiniteScroll.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const InfiniteScroll = ({
     <>
       {upperLoading && <LoadingIndicator adjective={sortOrder === LogsSortOrder.Descending ? 'newer' : 'older'} />}
       {!hideTopMessage && upperOutOfRange && outOfRangeMessage}
-      {sortOrder === LogsSortOrder.Ascending && app === CoreApp.Explore && (
+      {sortOrder === LogsSortOrder.Ascending && app === CoreApp.Explore && loadMoreLogs && (
         <Button className={styles.navButton} variant="secondary" onClick={loadOlderLogs} disabled={loading}>
           <div className={styles.navButtonContent}>
             <Icon name="angle-up" size="lg" />
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.test.ts b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.test.ts
index be57e697532..093814633f4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   DataTopic,
   dateTimeParse,
   FieldType,
+  getDefaultTimeRange,
   LoadingState,
   LogLevel,
   LogRowModel,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { getMockFrames } from 'app/plugins/datasource/loki/__mocks__/frames';
+import { LokiQueryDirection } from 'app/plugins/datasource/loki/dataquery.gen';
 
 import { MockObservableDataSourceApi } from '../../../test/mocks/datasource_srv';
 
@@ -481,39 +483,7 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
   });
 
   it('given one series with limit as custom meta property should return correct limit', () => {
-    const series: DataFrame[] = [
-      createDataFrame({
-        fields: [
-          {
-            name: 'time',
-            type: FieldType.time,
-            values: ['2019-04-26T09:28:11.352440161Z', '2019-04-26T14:42:50.991981292Z'],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'message',
-            type: FieldType.string,
-            values: [
-              't=2019-04-26T11:05:28+0200 lvl=info msg="Initializing DatasourceCacheService" logger=server',
-              't=2019-04-26T16:42:50+0200 lvl=eror msg="new token…t unhashed token=56d9fdc5c8b7400bd51b060eea8ca9d7',
-            ],
-            labels: {
-              filename: '/var/log/grafana/grafana.log',
-              job: 'grafana',
-            },
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'id',
-            type: FieldType.string,
-            values: ['foo', 'bar'],
-          },
-        ],
-        meta: {
-          custom: {
-            limit: 1000,
-          },
-        },
-      }),
-    ];
+    const series: DataFrame[] = getTestDataFrame();
     const logsModel = dataFrameToLogsModel(series, 1);
     expect(logsModel.meta![1]).toMatchObject({
       label: LIMIT_LABEL,
@@ -522,6 +492,81 @@ describe('dataFrameToLogsModel', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should return the expected meta when the line limit is reached', () => {
+    const series: DataFrame[] = getTestDataFrame();
+    series[0].meta = {
+      custom: {
+        limit: 2,
+      },
+    };
+    const timeRange = {
+      from: 1556270800000,
+      to: 1556270899999,
+    };
+    const queries = [
+      {
+        expr: 'test',
+        refId: 'A',
+      },
+    ];
+    const logsModel = dataFrameToLogsModel(
+      series,
+      1,
+      { from: timeRange.from.valueOf(), to: timeRange.to.valueOf() },
+      queries
+    );
+    expect(logsModel.meta).toEqual([
+      {
+        label: 'Common labels',
+        value: { filename: '/var/log/grafana/grafana.log', job: 'grafana' },
+        kind: 2,
+      },
+      {
+        label: 'Line limit',
+        value: '2 reached, received logs cover 8.65% (9sec) of your selected time range (1min 40sec)',
+        kind: 1,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should skip the time coverage when the query direction is Scan', () => {
+    const series: DataFrame[] = getTestDataFrame();
+    series[0].meta = {
+      custom: {
+        limit: 2,
+      },
+    };
+    const timeRange = {
+      from: 1556270800000,
+      to: 1556270899999,
+    };
+    const queries = [
+      {
+        expr: 'test',
+        refId: 'A',
+        direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
+      },
+    ];
+    const logsModel = dataFrameToLogsModel(
+      series,
+      1,
+      { from: timeRange.from.valueOf(), to: timeRange.to.valueOf() },
+      queries
+    );
+    expect(logsModel.meta).toEqual([
+      {
+        label: 'Common labels',
+        value: { filename: '/var/log/grafana/grafana.log', job: 'grafana' },
+        kind: 2,
+      },
+      {
+        label: 'Line limit',
+        value: '2 reached',
+        kind: 1,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('given one series with labels-field should return expected logs model', () => {
     const series: DataFrame[] = [
       createDataFrame({
@@ -1714,6 +1759,117 @@ describe('logs sample', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('logs volume', () => {
+  class TestDataQuery implements DataQuery {
+    refId = 'A';
+    target = '';
+  }
+
+  let logsVolumeProvider: Observable<DataQueryResponse>,
+    datasource: MockObservableDataSourceApi,
+    request: DataQueryRequest<TestDataQuery>;
+
+  function createFrame() {
+    return toDataFrame({
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'Time',
+          type: FieldType.time,
+          config: {},
+          values: [3000000, 4000000],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Value',
+          type: FieldType.number,
+          config: {},
+          values: [5, 4],
+          labels: {
+            level: 'debug',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  }
+
+  function setup(datasourceSetup: () => void) {
+    datasourceSetup();
+    request = {
+      targets: [{ target: 'logs sample query 1' }, { target: 'logs sample query 2' }],
+      range: getDefaultTimeRange(),
+      scopedVars: {},
+    } as unknown as DataQueryRequest<TestDataQuery>;
+    logsVolumeProvider = queryLogsVolume(datasource, request, { targets: request.targets });
+  }
+  const dataFrame = createFrame();
+
+  function setupResult() {
+    datasource = new MockObservableDataSourceApi('loki', [
+      {
+        data: [dataFrame],
+      },
+    ]);
+  }
+  function setupError() {
+    datasource = new MockObservableDataSourceApi('loki', [], undefined, 'Error message');
+  }
+  function setupErrorWithData() {
+    datasource = new MockObservableDataSourceApi(
+      'loki',
+      [
+        {
+          data: [dataFrame],
+        },
+      ],
+      undefined,
+      'Error message'
+    );
+  }
+
+  it('returns logs volume data', async () => {
+    setup(setupResult);
+    await expect(logsVolumeProvider).toEmitValuesWith((received) => {
+      expect(received).toContainEqual({ state: LoadingState.Loading, error: undefined, data: [] });
+      expect(received).toContainEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: expect.arrayContaining([dataFrame]),
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns errors', async () => {
+    setup(setupError);
+
+    await expect(logsVolumeProvider).toEmitValuesWith((received) => {
+      expect(received).toMatchObject([
+        { state: LoadingState.Loading, error: undefined, data: [] },
+        {
+          state: LoadingState.Error,
+          error: 'Error message',
+          data: [],
+        },
+        'Error message',
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns errors and data', async () => {
+    setup(setupErrorWithData);
+
+    await expect(logsVolumeProvider).toEmitValuesWith((received) => {
+      expect(received).toMatchObject([
+        { state: LoadingState.Loading, error: undefined, data: [] },
+        {
+          state: LoadingState.Error,
+          error: 'Error message',
+          data: [],
+        },
+        'Error message',
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 const mockLogRow = {
   dataFrame: toDataFrame({
     fields: [
@@ -1770,3 +1926,39 @@ describe('logRowToDataFrame', () => {
     expect(result?.refId).toBe(mockLogRow.dataFrame.refId);
   });
 });
+
+function getTestDataFrame() {
+  return [
+    createDataFrame({
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'time',
+          type: FieldType.time,
+          values: ['2019-04-26T09:28:11.352440161Z', '2019-04-26T14:42:50.991981292Z'],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'message',
+          type: FieldType.string,
+          values: [
+            't=2019-04-26T11:05:28+0200 lvl=info msg="Initializing DatasourceCacheService" logger=server',
+            't=2019-04-26T16:42:50+0200 lvl=eror msg="new token…t unhashed token=56d9fdc5c8b7400bd51b060eea8ca9d7',
+          ],
+          labels: {
+            filename: '/var/log/grafana/grafana.log',
+            job: 'grafana',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'id',
+          type: FieldType.string,
+          values: ['foo', 'bar'],
+        },
+      ],
+      meta: {
+        custom: {
+          limit: 1000,
+        },
+      },
+    }),
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
index 67ac47b4d71..9be17b8dec1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { BarAlignment, GraphDrawStyle, StackingMode } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { colors } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getThemeColor } from 'app/core/utils/colors';
+import { LokiQueryDirection } from 'app/plugins/datasource/loki/types';
 
 import { LogsFrame, parseLogsFrame } from './logsFrame';
 import { createLogRowsMap, getLogLevel, getLogLevelFromKey, sortInAscendingOrder } from './utils';
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ export function dataFrameToLogsModel(
   const logsModel = logSeriesToLogsModel(logSeries, queries, Boolean(deduplicateResults));
 
   if (logsModel) {
+    logsModel.queries = queries;
     // Create histogram metrics from logs using the interval as bucket size for the line count
     if (intervalMs && logsModel.rows.length > 0) {
       const sortedRows = logsModel.rows.sort(sortInAscendingOrder);
@@ -240,7 +242,6 @@ export function dataFrameToLogsModel(
     } else {
       logsModel.series = [];
     }
-    logsModel.queries = queries;
     return logsModel;
   }
 
@@ -556,11 +557,19 @@ function adjustMetaInfo(logsModel: LogsModel, visibleRangeMs?: number, requested
     let metaLimitValue;
 
     if (limit === logsModel.rows.length && visibleRangeMs && requestedRangeMs) {
-      const coverage = ((visibleRangeMs / requestedRangeMs) * 100).toFixed(2);
+      metaLimitValue = `${limit} reached`;
 
-      metaLimitValue = `${limit} reached, received logs cover ${coverage}% (${rangeUtil.msRangeToTimeString(
-        visibleRangeMs
-      )}) of your selected time range (${rangeUtil.msRangeToTimeString(requestedRangeMs)})`;
+      // Scan is a special Loki query direction which potentially returns fewer logs than expected.
+      const canShowCoverage = !logsModel.queries?.some(
+        (query) => 'direction' in query && query.direction === LokiQueryDirection.Scan
+      );
+
+      if (canShowCoverage) {
+        const coverage = ((visibleRangeMs / requestedRangeMs) * 100).toFixed(2);
+        metaLimitValue += `, received logs cover ${coverage}% (${rangeUtil.msRangeToTimeString(
+          visibleRangeMs
+        )}) of your selected time range (${rangeUtil.msRangeToTimeString(requestedRangeMs)})`;
+      }
     } else {
       const description = config.featureToggles.logsInfiniteScrolling ? 'displayed' : 'returned';
       metaLimitValue = `${limit} (${logsModel.rows.length} ${description})`;
@@ -683,7 +692,7 @@ export function queryLogsVolume<TQuery extends DataQuery, TOptions extends DataS
           observer.next({
             state: LoadingState.Error,
             error,
-            data: [],
+            data: dataQueryResponse.data,
           });
           observer.error(error);
         } else {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiOptionFields.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiOptionFields.tsx
index 95dfb8d09da..73b7e7689ad 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiOptionFields.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiOptionFields.tsx
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ export const queryDirections: Array<SelectableValue<LokiQueryDirection>> = [
     label: 'Forward',
     description: 'Search in forward direction.',
   },
-  {
+];
+
+if (config.featureToggles.lokiShardSplitting) {
+  queryDirections.push({
     value: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
     label: 'Scan',
-    description: 'Split the query into smaller units and stop at the requested log line limit.',
-  },
-];
+    description: 'Experimental. Split the query into smaller units and stop at the requested log line limit.',
+    icon: 'exclamation-triangle',
+  });
+}
 
 export function getQueryDirectionLabel(direction: LokiQueryDirection) {
   return queryDirections.find((queryDirection) => queryDirection.value === direction)?.label ?? 'Unknown';
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.test.ts
index 5ad9b36022f..6dbc93014cc 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SyntaxNode } from '@lezer/common';
 
 import {
+  addDropToQuery,
   addLabelFormatToQuery,
   addLabelToQuery,
   addLineFilter,
@@ -205,6 +206,44 @@ describe('addLabelFormatToQuery', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('addDropToQuery', () => {
+  describe('when query has a line filter', () => {
+    it('should add drop after the line filter', () => {
+      expect(addDropToQuery('{job="grafana"} |= "error"', ['__stream_shard__'])).toBe(
+        '{job="grafana"} |= "error" | drop __stream_shard__'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should add the parser after multiple line filters', () => {
+      expect(addDropToQuery('{job="grafana"} |= "error" |= "info" |= "debug"', ['label1', 'label2'])).toBe(
+        '{job="grafana"} |= "error" |= "info" |= "debug" | drop label1, label2'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the query has no line filters', () => {
+    it('should add the parser after the log stream selector in logs query', () => {
+      expect(addDropToQuery('{job="grafana"}', ['label1', 'label2'])).toBe('{job="grafana"} | drop label1, label2');
+    });
+
+    it('should add the parser after the log stream selector in a metric query', () => {
+      expect(addDropToQuery('rate({job="grafana"} [5m])', ['__stream_shard__'])).toBe(
+        'rate({job="grafana"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should modify all metric queries', () => {
+      expect(
+        addDropToQuery('sum(count_over_time({job="grafana"} [5m])) + sum(count_over_time({job="grafana"} [5m]))', [
+          '__stream_shard__',
+        ])
+      ).toBe(
+        'sum(count_over_time({job="grafana"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])) + sum(count_over_time({job="grafana"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m]))'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('removeCommentsFromQuery', () => {
   it.each`
     query                                                                             | expectedResult
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.ts
index 67ca4f0e6bb..af192631f83 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/modifyQuery.ts
@@ -239,16 +239,62 @@ export function addParserToQuery(query: string, parser: string): string {
   const lineFilterPositions = getLineFiltersPositions(query);
 
   if (lineFilterPositions.length) {
-    return addParser(query, lineFilterPositions, parser);
+    return appendToLogsQuery(query, lineFilterPositions, parser);
   } else {
     const streamSelectorPositions = getStreamSelectorPositions(query);
     if (!streamSelectorPositions.length) {
       return query;
     }
-    return addParser(query, streamSelectorPositions, parser);
+    return appendToLogsQuery(query, streamSelectorPositions, parser);
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Adds a drop statement to the query.
+ * It uses LogQL parser to find instances of stream selectors or line filters and adds parser after them.
+ *
+ * @param query
+ * @param parser
+ */
+export function addDropToQuery(query: string, labelsToDrop: string[]): string {
+  const lineFilterPositions = getLineFiltersPositions(query);
+
+  if (lineFilterPositions.length) {
+    return appendToLogsQuery(query, lineFilterPositions, `drop ${labelsToDrop.join(', ')}`);
+  } else {
+    const streamSelectorPositions = getStreamSelectorPositions(query);
+    if (!streamSelectorPositions.length) {
+      return query;
+    }
+    return appendToLogsQuery(query, streamSelectorPositions, `drop ${labelsToDrop.join(', ')}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds a statement after line filters or stream selectors
+ * @param query
+ * @param queryPartPositions
+ * @param parser
+ */
+function appendToLogsQuery(query: string, queryPartPositions: NodePosition[], statement: string): string {
+  let newQuery = '';
+  let prev = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < queryPartPositions.length; i++) {
+    // Splice on a string for each matched vector selector
+    const match = queryPartPositions[i];
+    const isLast = i === queryPartPositions.length - 1;
+
+    const start = query.substring(prev, match.to);
+    const end = isLast ? query.substring(match.to) : '';
+
+    // Add parser
+    newQuery += start + ` | ${statement}` + end;
+    prev = match.to;
+  }
+  return newQuery;
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds filtering for pipeline errors to existing query. Useful for query modification for hints.
  * It uses LogQL parser to find parsers and adds pipeline errors filtering after them.
@@ -494,31 +540,6 @@ export function addFilterAsLabelFilter(
   return newQuery;
 }
 
-/**
- * Add parser after line filter or stream selector
- * @param query
- * @param queryPartPositions
- * @param parser
- */
-function addParser(query: string, queryPartPositions: NodePosition[], parser: string): string {
-  let newQuery = '';
-  let prev = 0;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < queryPartPositions.length; i++) {
-    // Splice on a string for each matched vector selector
-    const match = queryPartPositions[i];
-    const isLast = i === queryPartPositions.length - 1;
-
-    const start = query.substring(prev, match.to);
-    const end = isLast ? query.substring(match.to) : '';
-
-    // Add parser
-    newQuery += start + ` | ${parser}` + end;
-    prev = match.to;
-  }
-  return newQuery;
-}
-
 /**
  * Add filter as label filter after the parsers
  * @param query
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.test.ts
index a4e09ff2bab..1dc2c64fc0e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   getNormalizedLokiQuery,
   getNodePositionsFromQuery,
   getLogQueryFromMetricsQueryAtPosition,
+  interpolateShardingSelector,
 } from './queryUtils';
 import { LokiQuery, LokiQueryType } from './types';
 
@@ -489,3 +490,103 @@ describe('getNodePositionsFromQuery', () => {
     expect(nodePositions.length).toBe(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('interpolateShardingSelector', () => {
+  let queries: LokiQuery[] = [];
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    queries = [
+      {
+        refId: 'A',
+        expr: '{job="grafana"}',
+      },
+    ];
+  });
+
+  it('returns the original query when there are no shards to interpolate', () => {
+    expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [])).toEqual(queries);
+  });
+
+  it('adds the empty shard to the query when -1 is passed', () => {
+    expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [-1])).toEqual([
+      {
+        refId: 'A',
+        expr: '{job="grafana", __stream_shard__=""}',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('uses an equality filter when a single shard is passed', () => {
+    expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [13])).toEqual([
+      {
+        refId: 'A',
+        expr: '{job="grafana", __stream_shard__="13"}',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('supports multiple shard values', () => {
+    expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [1, 13, 667])).toEqual([
+      {
+        refId: 'A',
+        expr: '{job="grafana", __stream_shard__=~"1|13|667"}',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  describe('For metric queries', () => {
+    let queries: LokiQuery[] = [];
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      queries = [
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana"} [5m])',
+        },
+      ];
+    });
+    it('returns the original query when there are no shards to interpolate', () => {
+      expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [])).toEqual(queries);
+    });
+
+    it('adds the empty shard to the query when -1 is passed', () => {
+      expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [-1])).toEqual([
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana", __stream_shard__=""} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('uses an equality filter when a single shard is passed', () => {
+      expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [13])).toEqual([
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana", __stream_shard__="13"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('supports multiple shard values', () => {
+      expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [1, 13, 667])).toEqual([
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana", __stream_shard__=~"1|13|667"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('supports multiple metric queries values', () => {
+      const queries = [
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana"} [5m]) + count_over_time({job="grafana"} [5m])',
+        },
+      ];
+      expect(interpolateShardingSelector(queries, [1, 13, 667])).toEqual([
+        {
+          refId: 'A',
+          expr: 'count_over_time({job="grafana", __stream_shard__=~"1|13|667"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m]) + count_over_time({job="grafana", __stream_shard__=~"1|13|667"} | drop __stream_shard__ [5m])',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
index c3b3d6ed195..40fd57ac690 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@grafana/lezer-logql';
 import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema';
 
-import { REF_ID_STARTER_LOG_VOLUME } from './datasource';
-import { addLabelToQuery, getStreamSelectorPositions, NodePosition } from './modifyQuery';
+import { addDropToQuery, addLabelToQuery, getStreamSelectorPositions, NodePosition } from './modifyQuery';
 import { ErrorId } from './querybuilder/parsingUtils';
 import { LabelType, LokiQuery, LokiQueryDirection, LokiQueryType } from './types';
 
@@ -319,9 +318,7 @@ export function requestSupportsSharding(allQueries: LokiQuery[]) {
     .filter((query) => !query.hide)
     .filter((query) => !query.refId.includes('do-not-shard'))
     .filter((query) => query.expr)
-    .filter(
-      (query) => query.direction === LokiQueryDirection.Scan || query.refId?.startsWith(REF_ID_STARTER_LOG_VOLUME)
-    );
+    .filter((query) => query.direction === LokiQueryDirection.Scan || !isLogsQuery(query.expr));
 
   return queries.length > 0;
 }
@@ -354,16 +351,24 @@ export const interpolateShardingSelector = (queries: LokiQuery[], shards: number
     shardValue = shardValue === '-1' ? '' : shardValue;
     return queries.map((query) => ({
       ...query,
-      expr: addLabelToQuery(query.expr, '__stream_shard__', '=', shardValue, LabelType.Indexed),
+      expr: addStreamShardLabelsToQuery(query.expr, '=', shardValue),
     }));
   }
 
   return queries.map((query) => ({
     ...query,
-    expr: addLabelToQuery(query.expr, '__stream_shard__', '=~', shardValue, LabelType.Indexed),
+    expr: addStreamShardLabelsToQuery(query.expr, '=~', shardValue),
   }));
 };
 
+function addStreamShardLabelsToQuery(query: string, operator: string, shardValue: string) {
+  const shardedQuery = addLabelToQuery(query, '__stream_shard__', operator, shardValue, LabelType.Indexed);
+  if (!isLogsQuery(query)) {
+    return addDropToQuery(shardedQuery, ['__stream_shard__']);
+  }
+  return shardedQuery;
+}
+
 export const getSelectorForShardValues = (query: string) => {
   const selector = getNodesFromQuery(query, [Selector]);
   if (selector.length > 0) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/shardQuerySplitting.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/shardQuerySplitting.test.ts
index dc52b82fea0..840f4b7626e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/shardQuerySplitting.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/shardQuerySplitting.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_0_2',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"20|10"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"20|10"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_2_2',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"3|2"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"3|2"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_4_1',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__="1"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__="1"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         range: expect.any(Object),
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_5_1',
         targets: [
-          { expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=""}[1m])', refId: 'A', direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan },
+          {
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=""} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
+            refId: 'A',
+            direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
+          },
         ],
       });
     });
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_0_2',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({service_name="test", filter="true", __stream_shard__=~"20|10"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({service_name="test", filter="true", __stream_shard__=~"20|10"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_0_3',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"20|10|9"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"20|10|9"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -378,7 +382,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_3_4',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"8|7|6|5"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"8|7|6|5"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_3_2',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"8|7"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"8|7"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_5_3',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"6|5|4"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"6|5|4"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_8_2',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"3|2"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=~"3|2"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -434,7 +438,7 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_10_1',
         targets: [
           {
-            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__="1"}[1m])',
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__="1"} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
             refId: 'A',
             direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
           },
@@ -447,7 +451,11 @@ describe('runShardSplitQuery()', () => {
         range: expect.any(Object),
         requestId: 'TEST_shard_0_11_1',
         targets: [
-          { expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=""}[1m])', refId: 'A', direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan },
+          {
+            expr: 'count_over_time({a="b", __stream_shard__=""} | drop __stream_shard__[1m])',
+            refId: 'A',
+            direction: LokiQueryDirection.Scan,
+          },
         ],
       });
     });