diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-api-filter.ts b/web/src/hooks/use-api-filter.ts
index f9baead6e..5dda3292e 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-api-filter.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-api-filter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FilterType } from "@/types/filter";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useLocation, useNavigate, useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 
 function getStringifiedArgs(filter: FilterType) {
   const search: { [key: string]: string } = {};
@@ -49,12 +49,49 @@ export default function useApiFilter<
 
 export function useApiFilterArgs<F extends FilterType>(
   arrayKeys: string[],
+  ignoredKeys?: string[],
 ): useApiFilterReturn<F> {
-  const [rawParams, setRawParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const [rawParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const setFilter = useCallback(
-    (newFilter: F) => setRawParams(getStringifiedArgs(newFilter)),
-    [setRawParams],
+    (newFilter: F) => {
+      const stringifiedFilter = getStringifiedArgs(newFilter);
+
+      // If ignoredKeys is provided, ignore params that aren't managed by this hook
+      let updated: URLSearchParams;
+      if (ignoredKeys) {
+        updated = new URLSearchParams();
+
+        // Keep params that aren't ignored by this hook
+        rawParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+          if (!ignoredKeys.includes(key)) {
+            updated.set(key, value);
+          }
+        });
+
+        // Add/update managed params from the new filter
+        Object.entries(stringifiedFilter).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+          updated.set(key, value);
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Original behavior: replace all params
+        updated = new URLSearchParams(stringifiedFilter);
+      }
+
+      // Use navigate to preserve the hash
+      const search = updated.toString();
+      navigate(
+        {
+          pathname: location.pathname,
+          search: search ? `?${search}` : "",
+          hash: location.hash,
+        },
+        { replace: true },
+      );
+    },
+    [rawParams, ignoredKeys, navigate, location.pathname, location.hash],
   );
 
   const filter = useMemo<F>(() => {
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx b/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
index 34389c5cf..556220f58 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
@@ -145,9 +145,13 @@ export function useHashState<S extends string>(): [
   const setHash = useCallback(
     (value: S | undefined) => {
       if (!value) {
-        navigate(location.pathname);
+        navigate(location.pathname + location.search, {
+          state: location.state,
+        });
       } else {
-        navigate(`${location.pathname}#${value}`, { state: location.state });
+        navigate(`${location.pathname}${location.search}#${value}`, {
+          state: location.state,
+        });
       }
     },
     // we know that these deps are correct
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Events.tsx b/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
index a9867cf58..d663f627f 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import ActivityIndicator from "@/components/indicators/activity-indicator";
-import useApiFilter from "@/hooks/use-api-filter";
+import { useApiFilterArgs } from "@/hooks/use-api-filter";
 import { useCameraPreviews } from "@/hooks/use-camera-previews";
 import { useTimezone } from "@/hooks/use-date-utils";
-import { useOverlayState, useSearchEffect } from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
-import { useUserPersistence } from "@/hooks/use-user-persistence";
+import {
+  useHashState,
+  useOverlayState,
+  useSearchEffect,
+} from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
 import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import { RecordingStartingPoint } from "@/types/record";
 import {
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ import { RecordingView } from "@/views/recording/RecordingView";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useLocation, useNavigate, useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 
 export default function Events() {
@@ -37,14 +41,71 @@ export default function Events() {
 
   // recordings viewer
 
-  const [severity, setSeverity] = useOverlayState<ReviewSeverity>(
-    "severity",
-    "alert",
+  // showReviewed from URL params
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  // severity from URL hash
+  const [hash, setHash] = useHashState<string>();
+
+  const severity = useMemo<ReviewSeverity>(() => {
+    if (hash === "motion") {
+      return "significant_motion";
+    } else if (hash === "detections") {
+      return "detection";
+    }
+    return "alert";
+  }, [hash]);
+
+  const setSeverity = useCallback(
+    (newSeverity: ReviewSeverity) => {
+      // Clicking the same tab again clears all filters (cameras, date, labels, zones, etc.)
+      // This provides users a quick way to reset their view
+      const isSameTab = newSeverity === severity;
+
+      let newHash: string;
+      if (newSeverity === "significant_motion") {
+        newHash = "motion";
+      } else if (newSeverity === "detection") {
+        newHash = "detections";
+      } else {
+        newHash = "alerts";
+      }
+
+      if (isSameTab) {
+        // Clear filters by navigating without search params
+        navigate(`${location.pathname}#${newHash}`, { state: location.state });
+      } else {
+        setHash(newHash);
+      }
+    },
+    [severity, setHash, navigate, location.pathname, location.state],
   );
 
-  const [showReviewed, setShowReviewed] = useUserPersistence(
-    "showReviewed",
-    false,
+  const showReviewed = useMemo(() => {
+    return searchParams.get("showReviewed") === "true";
+  }, [searchParams]);
+
+  const setShowReviewed = useCallback(
+    (show: boolean) => {
+      const updated = new URLSearchParams(searchParams);
+      if (show) {
+        updated.set("showReviewed", "true");
+      } else {
+        updated.delete("showReviewed");
+      }
+      const search = updated.toString();
+      navigate(
+        {
+          pathname: location.pathname,
+          search: search ? `?${search}` : "",
+          hash: location.hash,
+        },
+        { replace: true },
+      );
+    },
+    [searchParams, navigate, location.pathname, location.hash],
   );
 
   const [recording, setRecording] = useOverlayState<RecordingStartingPoint>(
@@ -104,31 +165,10 @@ export default function Events() {
   // review filter
 
   const [reviewFilter, setReviewFilter, reviewSearchParams] =
-    useApiFilter<ReviewFilter>();
-
-  useSearchEffect("cameras", (cameras: string) => {
-    setReviewFilter({
-      ...reviewFilter,
-      cameras: cameras.includes(",") ? cameras.split(",") : [cameras],
-    });
-    return true;
-  });
-
-  useSearchEffect("labels", (labels: string) => {
-    setReviewFilter({
-      ...reviewFilter,
-      labels: labels.includes(",") ? labels.split(",") : [labels],
-    });
-    return true;
-  });
-
-  useSearchEffect("zones", (zones: string) => {
-    setReviewFilter({
-      ...reviewFilter,
-      zones: zones.includes(",") ? zones.split(",") : [zones],
-    });
-    return true;
-  });
+    useApiFilterArgs<ReviewFilter>(
+      ["cameras", "labels", "zones"],
+      ["cameras", "labels", "zones", "before", "after", "showAll"],
+    );
 
   useSearchEffect("group", (reviewGroup) => {
     if (config && reviewGroup && reviewGroup != "default") {
diff --git a/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx b/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
index 417c3231d..4ab4ccc4d 100644
--- a/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/events/EventView.tsx
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ export default function EventView({
           size="sm"
           value={severityToggle}
           onValueChange={(value: ReviewSeverity) =>
-            value ? setSeverityToggle(value) : null
-          } // don't allow the severity to be unselected
+            // If the user clicks the same tab twice, clear filters as a handy shortcut
+            setSeverityToggle(value || severityToggle)
+          }
         >
           <ToggleGroupItem
             className={cn(severityToggle != "alert" && "text-muted-foreground")}