diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/ContactPoints.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/ContactPoints.tsx
index c73d19f7952..f8888a043f6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/ContactPoints.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/ContactPoints.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { ContactPoint } from './ContactPoint';
 import { NotificationTemplates } from './NotificationTemplates';
 import { ContactPointsFilter } from './components/ContactPointsFilter';
 import { GlobalConfigAlert } from './components/GlobalConfigAlert';
+import { ContactPointsFilterState, useContactPointsFilter } from './components/useContactPointsFilter';
 import { useContactPointsWithStatus } from './useContactPoints';
 import { useContactPointsSearch } from './useContactPointsSearch';
 import { ALL_CONTACT_POINTS, useExportContactPoint } from './useExportContactPoint';
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 10;
 
 const ContactPointsTab = () => {
   const { selectedAlertmanager } = useAlertmanager();
-  const [queryParams] = useURLSearchParams();
+  const { filters } = useContactPointsFilter();
+  console.log(filters);
 
   // If we're using the K8S API, then we don't need to fetch the policies info within the hook,
   // as we get metadata about this from the API
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@ const ContactPointsTab = () => {
 
   const [ExportDrawer, showExportDrawer] = useExportContactPoint();
 
-  const search = queryParams.get('search');
-
   if (isLoading) {
     return <LoadingPlaceholder text="Loading..." />;
   }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const ContactPointsTab = () => {
         </Stack>
       </Stack>
       {error && <Alert title="Failed to fetch contact points">{stringifyErrorLike(error)}</Alert>}
-      {!error && <ContactPointsList contactPoints={contactPoints} search={search} pageSize={DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE} />}
+      {!error && <ContactPointsList contactPoints={contactPoints} filters={filters} pageSize={DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE} />}
       {/* Grafana manager Alertmanager does not support global config, Mimir and Cortex do */}
       {!isGrafanaManagedAlertmanager && <GlobalConfigAlert alertManagerName={selectedAlertmanager!} />}
       {ExportDrawer}
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ export const ContactPointsPageContents = () => {
 
 interface ContactPointsListProps {
   contactPoints: ContactPointWithMetadata[];
-  search?: string | null;
+  filters?: ContactPointsFilterState;
   pageSize?: number;
 }
 
-const ContactPointsList = ({ contactPoints, search, pageSize = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE }: ContactPointsListProps) => {
-  const searchResults = useContactPointsSearch(contactPoints, search);
+const ContactPointsList = ({ contactPoints, filters, pageSize = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE }: ContactPointsListProps) => {
+  const searchResults = useContactPointsSearch(contactPoints, filters);
   const { page, pageItems, numberOfPages, onPageChange } = usePagination(searchResults, 1, pageSize);
 
   if (pageItems.length === 0) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/ContactPointsFilter.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/ContactPointsFilter.tsx
index 61f0e07d402..7e3154efab0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/ContactPointsFilter.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/ContactPointsFilter.tsx
@@ -1,54 +1,36 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { useCallback, useDeferredValue, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
-import { Button, Field, Icon, Input, Select, SelectCommonProps, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Field, Icon, Input, Select, SelectCommonProps, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { alertmanagerApi } from '../../../api/alertmanagerApi';
-import { useURLSearchParams } from '../../../hooks/useURLSearchParams';
 import { useAlertmanager } from '../../../state/AlertmanagerContext';
 import { stringifyErrorLike } from '../../../utils/misc';
 
+import { useContactPointsFilter } from './useContactPointsFilter';
+
 const useGrafanaNotifiers = alertmanagerApi.endpoints.grafanaNotifiers.useQuery;
 
 const ContactPointsFilter = () => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const { isGrafanaAlertmanager } = useAlertmanager();
-
-  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useURLSearchParams();
-  const [filters, setFilters] = useState({
-    search: searchParams.get('search') ?? undefined,
-    type: searchParams.get('type') ?? undefined,
-  });
-  const filtersDeferred = useDeferredValue(filters);
-
-  const clear = useCallback(() => {
-    setFilters({ search: '', type: '' });
-  }, []);
-
-  // when the filters are updated (deferred) update the search params
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setSearchParams(filtersDeferred, true);
-  }, [filtersDeferred, setSearchParams]);
+  const { filters, updateFilter, clear } = useContactPointsFilter();
 
   const hasFilters = Object.values(filters).some(Boolean);
 
   return (
     <Stack direction="row" alignItems="end" gap={0.5}>
-      <Field className={styles.noBottom} label="Search by name or type">
+      <Field className={styles.noBottom} label="Search by name">
         <Input
           aria-label="search contact points"
           placeholder="Search"
           width={46}
           prefix={<Icon name="search" />}
           onChange={(event) => {
-            setFilters({
-              ...filters,
-              search: event.currentTarget.value,
-            });
+            updateFilter({ search: event.currentTarget.value });
           }}
-          value={filtersDeferred.search}
+          value={filters.search}
         />
       </Field>
       {/* I don't feel like doing this for non-Grafana Alertmanagers right now */}
@@ -56,12 +38,9 @@ const ContactPointsFilter = () => {
         <Field className={styles.noBottom} label="Filter by type">
           <NotifierSelector
             width={24}
-            value={filtersDeferred.type}
+            value={filters.type}
             onChange={(type) => {
-              setFilters({
-                ...filters,
-                type: type.value,
-              });
+              updateFilter({ type: type.value });
             }}
           />
         </Field>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/useContactPointsFilter.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/useContactPointsFilter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5f18d54e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/components/useContactPointsFilter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { useCallback, useDeferredValue, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { useURLSearchParams } from '../../../hooks/useURLSearchParams';
+
+export type ContactPointsFilterState = {
+  search?: string;
+  type?: string;
+};
+
+export function useContactPointsFilter() {
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useURLSearchParams();
+  const [filters, setFilters] = useState<ContactPointsFilterState>({
+    search: searchParams.get('search') ?? undefined,
+    type: searchParams.get('type') ?? undefined,
+  });
+  const filtersDeferred = useDeferredValue(filters);
+
+  const clear = useCallback(() => {
+    setFilters({ search: '', type: '' });
+  }, []);
+
+  const updateFilter = useCallback((update: Partial<ContactPointsFilterState>) => {
+    setFilters((filters) => ({ ...filters, ...update }));
+  }, []);
+
+  // // when the filters are updated (deferred) update the search params
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSearchParams(filtersDeferred, true);
+  }, [filtersDeferred, setSearchParams]);
+
+  // When URL params change, update filters
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setFilters({
+      search: searchParams.get('search') ?? undefined,
+      type: searchParams.get('type') ?? undefined,
+    });
+  }, [searchParams]);
+
+  return {
+    clear,
+    filters: filtersDeferred,
+    updateFilter,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPointsSearch.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPointsSearch.tsx
index 7c09430fc4a..6cb207e0858 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPointsSearch.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPointsSearch.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { RECEIVER_META_KEY } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/constants';
 import { ContactPointWithMetadata } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/utils';
 
+import { ContactPointsFilterState } from './components/useContactPointsFilter';
+
 const fuzzyFinder = new uFuzzy({
   intraMode: 1,
   intraIns: 1,
@@ -16,8 +18,11 @@ const fuzzyFinder = new uFuzzy({
 // let's search in two different haystacks, the name of the contact point and the type of the receiver(s)
 export const useContactPointsSearch = (
   contactPoints: ContactPointWithMetadata[],
-  search?: string | null
+  filters: ContactPointsFilterState = {}
 ): ContactPointWithMetadata[] => {
+  const hasFilters = Object.values(filters).some(Boolean);
+  const { search, type } = filters;
+
   const nameHaystack = useMemo(() => {
     return contactPoints.map((contactPoint) => contactPoint.name);
   }, [contactPoints]);
@@ -29,14 +34,23 @@ export const useContactPointsSearch = (
     );
   }, [contactPoints]);
 
-  if (!search) {
+  if (!hasFilters) {
     return contactPoints;
   }
 
-  const nameHits = fuzzyFinder.filter(nameHaystack, search) ?? [];
-  const typeHits = fuzzyFinder.filter(typeHaystack, search) ?? [];
+  const results: ContactPointWithMetadata[] = [];
 
-  const hits = [...nameHits, ...typeHits];
+  if (search) {
+    fuzzyFinder.filter(nameHaystack, search)?.forEach((id) => {
+      results.push(contactPoints[id]);
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (type) {
+    fuzzyFinder.filter(typeHaystack, type)?.forEach((id) => {
+      results.push(contactPoints[id]);
+    });
+  }
 
-  return uniq(hits).map((id) => contactPoints[id]) ?? [];
+  return uniq(results);
 };