diff --git a/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterPopover.tsx b/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterPopover.tsx
index 2b4c3ac7ea0..1cdecf8f3c3 100644
--- a/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterPopover.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterPopover.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-import { FC } from 'react'
+import { FC, useState, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react'
+import { isEqual } from 'lodash'
 import { Button, IconPlus, IconFilter, Popover } from 'ui'
-
+import update from 'immutability-helper'
 import { useUrlState } from 'hooks'
+
 import FilterRow from './FilterRow'
 import { useTrackedState } from 'components/grid/store'
 import { formatFilterURLParams } from 'components/grid/SupabaseGrid.utils'
+import { Filter } from 'components/grid/types'
+import { FilterOperatorOptions } from './Filter.constants'
 
 const FilterPopover: FC = () => {
   const [{ filter: filters }]: any = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['filter'] })
@@ -14,7 +18,12 @@ const FilterPopover: FC = () => {
       : 'Filter'
 
   return (
-    <Popover size="large" align="start" className="sb-grid-filter-popover" overlay={<Filter />}>
+    <Popover
+      size="large"
+      align="start"
+      className="sb-grid-filter-popover"
+      overlay={<FilterOverlay />}
+    >
       <Button
         as="span"
         type={(filters || []).length > 0 ? 'link' : 'text'}
@@ -31,19 +40,60 @@ const FilterPopover: FC = () => {
 }
 export default FilterPopover
 
-const Filter: FC = () => {
+const FilterOverlay: FC = () => {
   const state = useTrackedState()
 
-  const [{ filter: filters }, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['filter'] })
-  const formattedFilters = formatFilterURLParams(filters as string[])
+  const [{ filter: filtersFromUrl }, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['filter'] })
+  const initialFilters = useMemo(
+    () => formatFilterURLParams((filtersFromUrl as string[]) ?? []),
+    [filtersFromUrl]
+  )
+  const [filters, setFilters] = useState<Filter[]>(initialFilters)
 
   function onAddFilter() {
+    const column = state.table?.columns[0]?.name
+
+    if (column) {
+      setFilters([
+        ...filters,
+        {
+          column,
+          operator: '=',
+          value: '',
+        },
+      ])
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onChangeFilter = useCallback((index: number, filter: Filter) => {
+    setFilters((currentFilters) =>
+      update(currentFilters, {
+        [index]: {
+          $set: filter,
+        },
+      })
+    )
+  }, [])
+
+  const onDeleteFilter = useCallback((index: number) => {
+    setFilters((currentFilters) =>
+      update(currentFilters, {
+        $splice: [[index, 1]],
+      })
+    )
+  }, [])
+
+  function onApplyFilter() {
     setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingFilters = (prevParams?.filter ?? []) as string[]
-      const column = state.table?.columns[0].name
       return {
         ...prevParams,
-        filter: existingFilters.concat([`${column}:eq:`]),
+        filter: filters.map((filter) => {
+          const selectedOperator = FilterOperatorOptions.find(
+            (option) => option.value === filter.operator
+          )
+
+          return `${filter.column}:${selectedOperator?.abbrev}:${filter.value}`
+        }),
       }
     })
   }
@@ -51,14 +101,16 @@ const Filter: FC = () => {
   return (
     <div className="space-y-2 py-2">
       <div className="space-y-2">
-        {formattedFilters.map((filter, index) => (
+        {filters.map((filter, index) => (
           <FilterRow
             key={`filter-${filter.column}-${[index]}`}
             filter={filter}
             filterIdx={index}
+            onChange={onChangeFilter}
+            onDelete={onDeleteFilter}
           />
         ))}
-        {formattedFilters.length == 0 && (
+        {filters.length == 0 && (
           <div className="space-y-1 px-3">
             <h5 className="text-sm text-scale-1100">No filters applied to this view</h5>
             <p className="text-xs text-scale-900">Add a column below to filter the view</p>
@@ -66,10 +118,13 @@ const Filter: FC = () => {
         )}
       </div>
       <Popover.Separator />
-      <div className="px-3">
+      <div className="px-3 flex flex-row justify-between">
         <Button icon={<IconPlus />} type="text" onClick={onAddFilter}>
           Add filter
         </Button>
+        <Button disabled={isEqual(filters, initialFilters)} type="default" onClick={onApplyFilter}>
+          Apply filter
+        </Button>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterRow.tsx b/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterRow.tsx
index 6e16d1f8864..6a1a977f427 100644
--- a/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterRow.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/grid/components/header/filter/FilterRow.tsx
@@ -1,113 +1,26 @@
-import { debounce } from 'lodash'
-import { FC, memo, useState, useEffect, ChangeEvent, useCallback } from 'react'
+import { FC, memo } from 'react'
 import { Button, Input, IconChevronDown, IconX } from 'ui'
 
-import { useUrlState } from 'hooks'
-import { Filter } from 'components/grid/types'
+import { Filter, FilterOperator } from 'components/grid/types'
 import { DropdownControl } from 'components/grid/components/common'
 import { useTrackedState } from 'components/grid/store'
 import { FilterOperatorOptions } from './Filter.constants'
 
 interface Props {
-  filter: Filter
   filterIdx: number
+  filter: Filter
+  onChange: (index: number, filter: Filter) => void
+  onDelete: (index: number) => void
 }
 
-// [Area of improvement] Input field loses focus after the debounce (because of useUrlState?)
-const FilterRow: FC<Props> = ({ filter, filterIdx }) => {
+const FilterRow: FC<Props> = ({ filter, filterIdx, onChange, onDelete }) => {
   const state = useTrackedState()
-  const [{ filter: filters }, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['filter'] })
 
   const column = state.table?.columns.find((x) => x.name === filter.column)
   const columnOptions =
     state.table?.columns?.map((x) => {
       return { value: x.name, label: x.name, postLabel: x.dataType }
     }) || []
-  const [filterValue, setFilterValue] = useState(filter.value)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setFilterValue(filter.value)
-  }, [filterIdx])
-
-  function onRemoveFilter() {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingFilters = (prevParams?.filter ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedFilters = existingFilters.filter((filter: string, idx: number) => {
-        if (idx !== filterIdx) return filter
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        filter: updatedFilters,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
-  function onColumnChange(column: string | number) {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingFilters = (prevParams?.filter ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedFilters = existingFilters.map((filter: string, idx: number) => {
-        if (idx === filterIdx) {
-          const [_, operator, ...value] = filter.split(':')
-          const formattedValue = value.join(':')
-          return `${column}:${operator}:${formattedValue}`
-        } else {
-          return filter
-        }
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        filter: updatedFilters,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
-  function onOperatorChange(operator: string | number) {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingFilters = (prevParams?.filter ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedFilters = existingFilters.map((filter: string, idx: number) => {
-        if (idx === filterIdx) {
-          const [column, _, ...value] = filter.split(':')
-          const formattedValue = value.join(':')
-          const selectedOperator = FilterOperatorOptions.find((option) => option.value === operator)
-          return `${column}:${selectedOperator?.abbrev}:${formattedValue}`
-        } else {
-          return filter
-        }
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        filter: updatedFilters,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
-  function onValueChange(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
-    const value = event.target.value
-    setFilterValue(value)
-    debounceHandler({
-      filterIdx,
-      value: { ...filter, value: value },
-    })
-  }
-
-  const updateFilterValue = (payload: { filterIdx: number; value: Filter }) => {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingFilters = (prevParams?.filter ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedFilters = existingFilters.map((filter: string, idx: number) => {
-        if (idx === filterIdx) {
-          const [column, operator] = filter.split(':')
-          return `${column}:${operator}:${payload.value.value}`
-        } else {
-          return filter
-        }
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        filter: updatedFilters,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-  const debounceHandler = useCallback(debounce(updateFilterValue, 600), [filters])
 
   const placeholder =
     column?.format === 'timestamptz'
@@ -118,7 +31,11 @@ const FilterRow: FC<Props> = ({ filter, filterIdx }) => {
 
   return (
     <div className="sb-grid-filter-row px-3">
-      <DropdownControl align="start" options={columnOptions} onSelect={onColumnChange}>
+      <DropdownControl
+        align="start"
+        options={columnOptions}
+        onSelect={(nextColumn) => onChange(filterIdx, { ...filter, column: nextColumn as string })}
+      >
         <Button
           as="span"
           type="outline"
@@ -129,10 +46,19 @@ const FilterRow: FC<Props> = ({ filter, filterIdx }) => {
           }
           className="w-32"
         >
-          {column?.name || ''}
+          {column?.name ?? ''}
         </Button>
       </DropdownControl>
-      <DropdownControl align="start" options={FilterOperatorOptions} onSelect={onOperatorChange}>
+      <DropdownControl
+        align="start"
+        options={FilterOperatorOptions}
+        onSelect={(nextOperator) =>
+          onChange(filterIdx, {
+            ...filter,
+            operator: nextOperator as FilterOperator,
+          })
+        }
+      >
         <Button
           as="span"
           type="outline"
@@ -149,14 +75,19 @@ const FilterRow: FC<Props> = ({ filter, filterIdx }) => {
         size="tiny"
         className="w-full"
         placeholder={placeholder}
-        value={filterValue}
-        onChange={onValueChange}
+        value={filter.value}
+        onChange={(event) =>
+          onChange(filterIdx, {
+            ...filter,
+            value: event.target.value,
+          })
+        }
       />
       <Button
         icon={<IconX strokeWidth={1.5} size={14} />}
         size="tiny"
         type="text"
-        onClick={onRemoveFilter}
+        onClick={() => onDelete(filterIdx)}
       />
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortPopover.tsx b/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortPopover.tsx
index 65e778b1237..f2177bde207 100644
--- a/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortPopover.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortPopover.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import React, { FC } from 'react'
+import React, { FC, useState, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react'
+import { isEqual } from 'lodash'
+import update from 'immutability-helper'
 import { Button, IconList, IconChevronDown, Popover } from 'ui'
-
 import { useUrlState } from 'hooks'
+
 import SortRow from './SortRow'
 import { useTrackedState } from 'components/grid/store'
 import { DropdownControl } from 'components/grid/components/common'
+import { Sort } from 'components/grid/types'
 import { formatSortURLParams } from 'components/grid/SupabaseGrid.utils'
 
 const SortPopover: FC = () => {
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ const SortPopover: FC = () => {
       : 'Sort'
 
   return (
-    <Popover size="large" align="start" className="sb-grid-sort-popover" overlay={<Sort />}>
+    <Popover size="large" align="start" className="sb-grid-sort-popover" overlay={<SortOverlay />}>
       <Button
         as="span"
         type={(sorts || []).length > 0 ? 'link' : 'text'}
@@ -32,14 +35,18 @@ const SortPopover: FC = () => {
 }
 export default SortPopover
 
-const Sort: FC = () => {
+const SortOverlay: FC = () => {
   const state = useTrackedState()
 
-  const [{ sort: sorts }, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['sort'] })
-  const formattedSorts = formatSortURLParams(sorts as string[])
+  const [{ sort: sortsFromUrl }, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['sort'] })
+  const initialSorts = useMemo(
+    () => formatSortURLParams((sortsFromUrl as string[]) ?? []),
+    [sortsFromUrl]
+  )
+  const [sorts, setSorts] = useState<Sort[]>(initialSorts)
 
   const columns = state?.table?.columns!.filter((x) => {
-    const found = formattedSorts.find((y) => y.column == x.name)
+    const found = sorts.find((y) => y.column == x.name)
     return !found
   })
 
@@ -49,21 +56,59 @@ const Sort: FC = () => {
     }) || []
 
   function onAddSort(columnName: string | number) {
+    setSorts([...sorts, { column: columnName as string, ascending: true }])
+  }
+
+  function onApplySort() {
     setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingSorts = (prevParams?.sort ?? []) as string[]
       return {
         ...prevParams,
-        sort: existingSorts.concat([`${columnName}:asc`]),
+        sort: sorts.map((sort) => `${sort.column}:${sort.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc'}`),
       }
     })
   }
 
+  const onDeleteSort = useCallback((column: string) => {
+    setSorts((currentSorts) => currentSorts.filter((sort) => sort.column !== column))
+  }, [])
+
+  const onToggleSort = useCallback((column: string, ascending: boolean) => {
+    setSorts((currentSorts) => {
+      const idx = currentSorts.findIndex((x) => x.column === column)
+
+      return update(currentSorts, {
+        [idx]: {
+          $merge: { ascending },
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  }, [])
+
+  const onDragSort = useCallback((dragIndex: number, hoverIndex: number) => {
+    setSorts((currentSort) =>
+      update(currentSort, {
+        $splice: [
+          [dragIndex, 1],
+          [hoverIndex, 0, currentSort[dragIndex]],
+        ],
+      })
+    )
+  }, [])
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-2 py-2">
-      {formattedSorts.map((sort, index) => (
-        <SortRow key={sort.column} index={index} columnName={sort.column} sort={sort} />
+      {sorts.map((sort, index) => (
+        <SortRow
+          key={sort.column}
+          index={index}
+          columnName={sort.column}
+          sort={sort}
+          onDelete={onDeleteSort}
+          onToggle={onToggleSort}
+          onDrag={onDragSort}
+        />
       ))}
-      {formattedSorts.length === 0 && (
+      {sorts.length === 0 && (
         <div className="space-y-1 px-3">
           <h5 className="text-sm text-scale-1100">No sorts applied to this view</h5>
           <p className="text-xs text-scale-900">Add a column below to sort the view</p>
@@ -71,7 +116,7 @@ const Sort: FC = () => {
       )}
 
       <Popover.Separator />
-      <div className="px-3">
+      <div className="px-3 flex flex-row justify-between">
         {columns && columns.length > 0 ? (
           <DropdownControl
             options={dropdownOptions}
@@ -85,12 +130,15 @@ const Sort: FC = () => {
               iconRight={<IconChevronDown />}
               className="sb-grid-dropdown__item-trigger"
             >
-              {`Pick ${formattedSorts.length > 1 ? 'another' : 'a'} column to sort by`}
+              {`Pick ${sorts.length > 1 ? 'another' : 'a'} column to sort by`}
             </Button>
           </DropdownControl>
         ) : (
           <p className="text-sm text-scale-1100">All columns have been added</p>
         )}
+        <Button disabled={isEqual(sorts, initialSorts)} type="default" onClick={onApplySort}>
+          Apply sorting
+        </Button>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortRow.tsx b/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortRow.tsx
index f6fecf5f74c..64a914de7b1 100644
--- a/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortRow.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/grid/components/header/sort/SortRow.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import update from 'immutability-helper'
 import { FC, useRef, memo } from 'react'
 import { Button, IconMenu, Toggle, IconX } from 'ui'
 import { XYCoord } from 'dnd-core'
 import { useDrag, useDrop, DropTargetMonitor } from 'react-dnd'
 
-import { useUrlState } from 'hooks'
 import { DragItem, Sort } from 'components/grid/types'
 import { useTrackedState } from 'components/grid/store'
 
@@ -12,11 +10,13 @@ type SortRowProps = {
   index: number
   columnName: string
   sort: Sort
+  onDelete: (columnName: string) => void
+  onToggle: (columnName: string, ascending: boolean) => void
+  onDrag: (dragIndex: number, hoverIndex: number) => void
 }
 
-const SortRow: FC<SortRowProps> = ({ index, columnName, sort }) => {
+const SortRow: FC<SortRowProps> = ({ index, columnName, sort, onDelete, onToggle, onDrag }) => {
   const state = useTrackedState()
-  const [_, setParams] = useUrlState({ arrayKeys: ['sort'] })
 
   const column = state?.table?.columns.find((x) => x.name === columnName)
   if (!column) return null
@@ -89,49 +89,9 @@ const SortRow: FC<SortRowProps> = ({ index, columnName, sort }) => {
     },
   })
 
-  function onToggle(value: boolean) {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingSorts = (prevParams?.sort ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedSorts = existingSorts.map((sort: string) => {
-        const [column] = sort.split(':')
-        return column === columnName ? `${columnName}:${value ? 'asc' : 'desc'}` : sort
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        sort: updatedSorts,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
-  function onRemoveSort() {
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingSorts = (prevParams?.sort ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedSorts = existingSorts.filter((sort: string) => {
-        const [column] = sort.split(':')
-        if (column !== columnName) return sort
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        sort: updatedSorts,
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
   const moveSort = (dragIndex: number, hoverIndex: number) => {
     if (dragIndex == hoverIndex) return
-    setParams((prevParams) => {
-      const existingSorts = (prevParams?.sort ?? []) as string[]
-      const updatedSorts = update(existingSorts, {
-        $splice: [
-          [dragIndex, 1],
-          [hoverIndex, 0, existingSorts[dragIndex]],
-        ],
-      })
-      return {
-        ...prevParams,
-        sort: updatedSorts,
-      }
-    })
+    onDrag(dragIndex, hoverIndex)
   }
 
   const opacity = isDragging ? 0 : 1
@@ -144,12 +104,9 @@ const SortRow: FC<SortRowProps> = ({ index, columnName, sort }) => {
       style={{ opacity }}
       data-handler-id={handlerId}
     >
-      <Button
-        icon={<IconX strokeWidth={1.5} size={14} />}
-        size="tiny"
-        type="text"
-        onClick={onRemoveSort}
-      />
+      <span className="transition-color text-scale-900 hover:text-scale-1100">
+        <IconMenu strokeWidth={2} size={16} />
+      </span>
       <div className="grow">
         <span className="flex grow items-center gap-1 truncate text-sm text-scale-1200">
           <span className="text-xs text-scale-900">{index > 0 ? 'then by' : 'sort by'}</span>
@@ -163,12 +120,15 @@ const SortRow: FC<SortRowProps> = ({ index, columnName, sort }) => {
           layout="flex"
           defaultChecked={sort.ascending}
           // @ts-ignore
-          onChange={(e: boolean) => onToggle(e)}
+          onChange={(e: boolean) => onToggle(columnName, e)}
         />
       </div>
-      <span className="transition-color text-scale-900 hover:text-scale-1100">
-        <IconMenu strokeWidth={2} size={16} />
-      </span>
+      <Button
+        icon={<IconX strokeWidth={1.5} size={14} />}
+        size="tiny"
+        type="text"
+        onClick={() => onDelete(columnName)}
+      />
     </div>
   )
 }