diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.tsx
index 1ab2da94f98..310cd7ccf8e 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { useDebounce } from '@uidotdev/usehooks'
 import { useParams } from 'common'
-import { useState } from 'react'
 
 import { useSelectedBucket } from '../FilesBuckets/useSelectedBucket'
 import { StorageExplorerContent } from './StorageExplorerContent'
@@ -11,8 +9,8 @@ import { useStorageExplorerStateSnapshot } from '@/state/storage-explorer'
 
 export const StorageExplorer = () => {
   const { ref, bucketId } = useParams()
-  const { selectedBucket } = useStorageExplorerStateSnapshot()
-
+  const { selectedBucket, debouncedSearchString, itemSearchString, setItemSearchString } =
+    useStorageExplorerStateSnapshot()
   useProjectStorageConfigQuery({ projectRef: ref }, { enabled: IS_PLATFORM })
   const { data: bucket, isLoading: isBucketQueryLoading } = useSelectedBucket()
 
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ export const StorageExplorer = () => {
   const isBucketReady = !isBucketQueryLoading && !!bucket && bucketId === selectedBucket.id
 
   // Deliberately not in the URL, so a shared link points at a folder, not someone's filter.
-  const [itemSearchString, setItemSearchString] = useState('')
-  const debouncedSearchString = useDebounce(itemSearchString, 500)
 
   return (
     <div className="bg-studio flex h-full w-full flex-col">
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
index 4d8cb3c12b3..4fc99bb8201 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { BlobReader, BlobWriter, ZipWriter } from '@zip.js/zip.js'
 import { IS_PLATFORM } from 'common'
-import { capitalize, chunk, compact, find, findIndex, has, isObject, uniq, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
+import {
+  capitalize,
+  chunk,
+  compact,
+  debounce,
+  find,
+  findIndex,
+  has,
+  isObject,
+  uniq,
+  uniqBy,
+} from 'lodash'
 import { createContext, PropsWithChildren, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useLatest } from 'react-use'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
@@ -91,6 +102,15 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
   const state = proxy({
     projectRef,
     connectionString,
+    itemSearchString: '',
+    debouncedSearchString: '',
+    setItemSearchString: (value: string) => {
+      state.itemSearchString = value
+      state.setDebouncedSearchString(value)
+    },
+    setDebouncedSearchString: debounce((value: string) => {
+      state.debouncedSearchString = value
+    }, 500),
     resumableUploadUrl,
     uploadProgresses: [] as UploadProgress[],
     selectedBucket: bucket as Bucket,
@@ -400,7 +420,22 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
 
     refetchAllOpenedFolders: async () => {
       const paths = state.openedFolders.map((folder) => folder.name)
-      await state.fetchFoldersByPath({ paths })
+
+      if (state.itemSearchString && paths.length === 0) {
+        await state.fetchFoldersByPath({ paths, searchString: state.itemSearchString })
+      } else if (state.itemSearchString) {
+        await state.fetchFoldersByPath({ paths })
+        // Reapply the filter to the current column only.
+        await state.fetchFolderContents({
+          bucketId: state.selectedBucket.id,
+          folderId: state.openedFolders[paths.length - 1].id,
+          folderName: paths[paths.length - 1],
+          index: paths.length - 1,
+          searchString: state.itemSearchString,
+        })
+      } else {
+        await state.fetchFoldersByPath({ paths })
+      }
     },
 
     refreshAll: async () => {
@@ -777,6 +812,7 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
         folderId: folder.id,
         folderName: folder.name,
         index: columnIndex,
+        searchString: state.itemSearchString,
       })
     },
 
diff --git a/e2e/studio/features/files/another-file.txt b/e2e/studio/features/files/another-file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eba8160d606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/studio/features/files/another-file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is a test file for e2e storage testing.
+It contains some sample content to verify file uploads work correctly.
+
diff --git a/e2e/studio/features/storage.spec.ts b/e2e/studio/features/storage.spec.ts
index a6acb389cd3..aaf92753c96 100644
--- a/e2e/studio/features/storage.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/studio/features/storage.spec.ts
@@ -557,6 +557,51 @@ test.describe('Storage', () => {
     await deleteItem(page, fileName)
   })
 
+  test('Deleting a file preserves the current filter', async ({ page, ref }) => {
+    const bucketName = `${bucketNamePrefix}_delete_file_filter`
+    const fileName = 'test-file.txt'
+
+    // Create a bucket via API, navigate to it, and upload a file
+    await using _ = await withSetupCleanup(
+      async () => {
+        await createBucketViaApi(bucketName, false)
+      },
+      async () => {
+        await deleteBucketViaApi(bucketName)
+      }
+    )
+    await navigateToStorageFiles(page, ref)
+    await navigateToBucket(page, ref, bucketName)
+
+    await uploadFile(
+      page,
+      path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'files', 'test-file.txt'),
+      'test-file.txt'
+    )
+    await uploadFile(
+      page,
+      path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'files', 'test-file-2.txt'),
+      'test-file-2.txt'
+    )
+    await uploadFile(
+      page,
+      path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'files', 'another-file.txt'),
+      'another-file.txt'
+    )
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Search in root directory...').fill('test')
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('another-file.txt')).toHaveCount(0)
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('test-file.txt')).toHaveCount(1)
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('test-file-2.txt')).toHaveCount(1)
+
+    // Delete the file
+    await deleteItem(page, fileName)
+
+    // Check the filter is still applied
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('test-file.txt')).toHaveCount(0)
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('test-file-2.txt')).toHaveCount(1)
+    await expect(page.getByTitle('another-file.txt')).toHaveCount(0)
+  })
+
   test('can delete a folder', async ({ page, ref }) => {
     const bucketName = `${bucketNamePrefix}_delete_folder`
     const folderName = 'test_folder'