diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.html b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.html
index 28d71d37d..2516c362b 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.html
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.html
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
           [imageResolver]="imageResolver"
           [headerFilters]="true"
           [filterValue]="queryParams"
+          [isDataProvidedExternally]="!!queryParams"
           [isResizingEnabled]="true"
           [blurOnResize]="false"
           [displayDragAndDropHint]="canUpload"
diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.spec.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.spec.ts
index f63de4d92..b999210b8 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.spec.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import { TestBed, fakeAsync, tick, ComponentFixture } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, SimpleChange, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
 import { Router, ActivatedRoute, convertToParamMap, ParamMap } from '@angular/router';
-import { DocumentListService, FilterSearch, UploadService } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
+import { DocumentListService, FilterSearch, SearchHeaderQueryBuilderService, UploadService } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
 import { NodeActionsService } from '../../services/node-actions.service';
 import { FilesComponent } from './files.component';
 import { AppTestingModule } from '../../testing/app-testing.module';
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ describe('FilesComponent', () => {
     events: new Subject()
   };
 
+  let searchHeaderQueryBuilderService: SearchHeaderQueryBuilderService;
+
   let spyContent = null;
   let loadFolderByNodeIdSpy: jasmine.Spy;
   let unitTestingUtils: UnitTestingUtils;
@@ -117,6 +119,10 @@ describe('FilesComponent', () => {
     store = TestBed.inject(MockStore);
     spyContent = spyOn(contentApi, 'getNode');
     unitTestingUtils = new UnitTestingUtils(fixture.debugElement);
+
+    searchHeaderQueryBuilderService = TestBed.inject(SearchHeaderQueryBuilderService);
+    spyOn(searchHeaderQueryBuilderService, 'resetActiveFilters').and.stub();
+    spyOn(searchHeaderQueryBuilderService.populateFilters, 'next').and.stub();
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ describe('FilesComponent', () => {
       expect(router.navigate['calls'].argsFor(0)[0]).toEqual(['/personal-files', 'parent-id']);
     });
 
-    it('should set decoded query as queryParams', () => {
+    it('should set decoded query to components queryParams property and populate filters', () => {
       const initialQuery = { checkList: 'TYPE:"cm:folder"' };
 
       const mockParamMap = getEncodedParamMap(initialQuery);
@@ -207,6 +213,18 @@ describe('FilesComponent', () => {
       fixture.detectChanges();
 
       expect(component.queryParams).toEqual(initialQuery);
+      expect(searchHeaderQueryBuilderService.populateFilters.next).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initialQuery);
+    });
+
+    it('should call reset filters when queryParams is nullish', () => {
+      Object.defineProperty(route, 'queryParamMap', {
+        value: of(convertToParamMap({}))
+      });
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(searchHeaderQueryBuilderService.resetActiveFilters).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(component.queryParams).toBeNull();
     });
 
     it('should check isFilterHeaderActive to be true when filters are present in queryParamMap', () => {
@@ -550,6 +568,20 @@ describe('FilesComponent', () => {
 
       expect(component.documentList.displayDragAndDropHint).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    it('should bind isDataProvidedExternally based on queryParams property truthiness', () => {
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      component.queryParams = { checkList: 'TYPE:"cm:folder"' };
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(component.documentList.isDataProvidedExternally).toBe(true);
+
+      component.queryParams = null;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(component.documentList.isDataProvidedExternally).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Generic error', () => {
diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.ts
index e5e12393c..fb53f1ca8 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/files/files.component.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
   DocumentListComponent,
   FileUploadEvent,
   FilterSearch,
+  SearchHeaderQueryBuilderService,
   ShareDataRow,
   UploadDragAreaComponent
 } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ export class FilesComponent extends PageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   constructor(
     private readonly contentApi: ContentApiService,
     private readonly nodeActionsService: NodeActionsService,
-    private readonly route: ActivatedRoute
+    private readonly route: ActivatedRoute,
+    private readonly queryBuilderService: SearchHeaderQueryBuilderService
   ) {
     super();
   }
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ export class FilesComponent extends PageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     this.route.queryParamMap.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe((queryMap) => {
       this.queryParams = extractFiltersFromEncodedQuery(queryMap?.get('q'));
+      this.queryBuilderService.populateFilters.next(this.queryParams);
+      if (!this.queryParams) {
+        this.queryBuilderService.resetActiveFilters();
+      }
     });
     this.route.params.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe(({ folderId }: Params) => {
       const nodeId = folderId || data.defaultNodeId;