diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.scss b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96af174138e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Hide the filter category selector when there's only one filter.
+// We use CSS instead of TypeScript prop changes because PatternFly's
+// DataViewFilters component doesn't expose a prop to hide the category selector.
+// This CSS-only solution avoids forking or patching the upstream component.
+.co-console-data-view-single-filter .pf-v6-c-toolbar__group.pf-m-filter-group > *:first-child {
+  display: none !important;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.tsx
index 620fb2f89b3..979390be811 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/ConsoleDataView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { FC, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import './ConsoleDataView.scss';
 import {
   ResponsiveAction,
   ResponsiveActions,
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ import {
   DataView,
   DataViewState,
   DataViewTable,
-  DataViewTextFilter,
   DataViewToolbar,
 } from '@patternfly/react-data-view';
 import DataViewFilters from '@patternfly/react-data-view/dist/cjs/DataViewFilters';
 import { ColumnsIcon, UndoIcon } from '@patternfly/react-icons';
+import { css } from '@patternfly/react-styles';
 import { InnerScrollContainer, Tbody, Td, Tr } from '@patternfly/react-table';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import type {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import { LazyColumnManagementModalOverlay } from '@console/internal/components/m
 import { EmptyBox } from '@console/shared/src/components/empty-state/EmptyBox';
 import { StatusBox } from '@console/shared/src/components/status/StatusBox';
 import { DataViewLabelFilter } from './DataViewLabelFilter';
+import { DataViewTextFilter } from './DataViewTextFilter';
 import { useConsoleDataViewData } from './useConsoleDataViewData';
 import { useConsoleDataViewFilters } from './useConsoleDataViewFilters';
 
@@ -170,7 +172,10 @@ export const ConsoleDataView = <
       loadError={loadError}
       skeleton={<div className="loading-skeleton--table" />}
     >
-      <DataView activeState={activeState}>
+      <DataView
+        activeState={activeState}
+        className={css(dataViewFilterNodes.length === 1 && 'co-console-data-view-single-filter')}
+      >
         <DataViewToolbar
           filters={
             dataViewFilterNodes.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewLabelFilter.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewLabelFilter.tsx
index a522dfb8d15..304a011dc57 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewLabelFilter.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewLabelFilter.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const DataViewLabelFilter = <TData,>({
         applyLabelFilters([]);
       }}
     >
-      <div className="pf-v6-c-input-group co-filter-group">
+      <div className="pf-v6-c-input-group">
         <AutocompleteInput
           color="purple"
           onSuggestionSelect={(selected) => {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewTextFilter.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewTextFilter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43e59a3d9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/data-view/DataViewTextFilter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import type { FormEvent } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { ToolbarFilter } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
+import { TextFilter } from '@console/internal/components/factory/text-filter';
+
+type DataViewTextFilterProps = {
+  title: string;
+  filterId: string;
+  placeholder: string;
+  onChange?: (key: string, selectedValue: string) => void;
+  showToolbarItem?: boolean;
+};
+
+export const DataViewTextFilter = ({
+  title,
+  filterId,
+  placeholder,
+  onChange,
+  showToolbarItem,
+}: DataViewTextFilterProps) => {
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const [inputText, setInputText] = useState(searchParams.get(filterId) ?? '');
+
+  // Sync local state with URL changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setInputText(searchParams.get(filterId) ?? '');
+  }, [searchParams, filterId]);
+
+  const handleChange = (_event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>, value: string) => {
+    setInputText(value);
+    onChange?.(filterId, value);
+  };
+
+  const handleDeleteChip = () => {
+    setInputText('');
+    onChange?.(filterId, '');
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <ToolbarFilter
+      categoryName={title}
+      showToolbarItem={showToolbarItem}
+      labels={inputText ? [inputText] : []}
+      deleteLabel={handleDeleteChip}
+    >
+      <TextFilter
+        label={filterId}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
+        value={inputText}
+        onChange={handleChange}
+      />
+    </ToolbarFilter>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/frontend/packages/helm-plugin/integration-tests/support/pages/helm/helm-page.ts b/frontend/packages/helm-plugin/integration-tests/support/pages/helm/helm-page.ts
index e1c4a243603..7d940ef8066 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/helm-plugin/integration-tests/support/pages/helm/helm-page.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/helm-plugin/integration-tests/support/pages/helm/helm-page.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const helmPage = {
   search: (name: string) => {
     cy.get(helmPO.filters).within(() => cy.get('.pf-v6-c-menu-toggle').first().click());
     cy.get('.pf-v6-c-menu__list-item').contains('Name').click();
-    cy.get('[aria-label="Name filter"]').clear().type(name);
+    cy.get('[aria-label="Filter by name"]').clear().type(name);
   },
   verifyHelmReleasesDisplayed: () => cy.get(helmPO.table).should('be.visible'),
   clickHelmReleaseName: (name: string) => cy.get(`a[title="${name}"]`).click(),
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/app/filtering-and-searching.cy.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/app/filtering-and-searching.cy.ts
index 56597cd74f1..c745fc1c325 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/app/filtering-and-searching.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/app/filtering-and-searching.cy.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ import * as yamlEditor from '../../views/yaml-editor';
 
 const SEARCH_NAMESPACE = 'openshift-authentication-operator';
 const SEARCH_DEPLOYMENT_NAME = 'authentication-operator';
+const SINGLE_FILTER_GROUP_SELECTOR =
+  '.co-console-data-view-single-filter .pf-v6-c-toolbar__group.pf-m-filter-group';
+
+const verifySingleFilterCategoryHidden = (expectedToggles: number) => {
+  cy.get('[data-test="data-view-table"]').should('exist');
+  cy.get(SINGLE_FILTER_GROUP_SELECTOR)
+    .find('.pf-v6-c-menu-toggle')
+    .should('have.length', expectedToggles);
+
+  if (expectedToggles === 1) {
+    cy.get(SINGLE_FILTER_GROUP_SELECTOR).find('.pf-v6-c-menu-toggle').should('not.be.visible');
+  } else {
+    cy.get(SINGLE_FILTER_GROUP_SELECTOR)
+      .find('.pf-v6-c-menu-toggle')
+      .first()
+      .should('not.be.visible');
+  }
+};
 
 describe('Filtering and Searching', () => {
   let WORKLOAD_NAME;
@@ -105,4 +123,15 @@ describe('Filtering and Searching', () => {
     });
     listPage.dvRows.countShouldBe(3);
   });
+
+  it('ConsoleDataView filter toolbar should not display a filter select', () => {
+    cy.log('when a text filter is the only filter');
+    cy.visit('/settings/cluster/alertmanagerconfig?page=1&perPage=50');
+    verifySingleFilterCategoryHidden(1);
+
+    cy.log('when a select filter is the only filter');
+    cy.visit('/search/all-namespaces?page=1&perPage=50&kind=core~v1~Pod');
+    listPage.dvRows.shouldBeLoaded();
+    verifySingleFilterCategoryHidden(2);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/email.cy.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/email.cy.ts
index 09ac5cc724a..e691b7b0f01 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/email.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/email.cy.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Alertmanager: Email Receiver Form', () => {
     alertmanager.save();
 
     cy.log('verify Email Receiver was created correctly');
-    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName);
+    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName, 'integration-types', 'routing-labels');
     alertmanager.visitYAMLPage();
     yamlEditor.getEditorContent().then((content) => {
       const configs = getGlobalsAndReceiverConfig(receiverName, configName, content);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/pagerduty.cy.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/pagerduty.cy.ts
index ba3e1f856de..608c885cebe 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/pagerduty.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/pagerduty.cy.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Alertmanager: PagerDuty Receiver Form', () => {
     alertmanager.save();
 
     cy.log('verify PagerDuty Receiver was created correctly');
-    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName);
+    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName, 'integration-types', 'routing-labels');
 
     cy.log('update pagerduty_url');
     listPage.dvRows.clickKebabAction(receiverName, 'Edit Receiver');
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/slack.cy.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/slack.cy.ts
index e7c8c7f3eaf..3e8d679d814 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/slack.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/slack.cy.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('Alertmanager: Slack Receiver Form', () => {
     alertmanager.save();
 
     cy.log('verify Slack Receiver was created correctly');
-    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName);
+    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName, 'integration-types', 'routing-labels');
     alertmanager.visitYAMLPage();
     yamlEditor.getEditorContent().then((content) => {
       const configs = getGlobalsAndReceiverConfig(receiverName, configName, content);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/webhook.cy.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/webhook.cy.ts
index 7edaa453844..0ec694a7b91 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/webhook.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/tests/cluster-settings/alertmanager/receivers/webhook.cy.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Alertmanager: Webhook Receiver Form', () => {
     alertmanager.save();
 
     cy.log('verify Webhook Receiver was created correctly');
-    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName);
+    alertmanager.validateCreation(receiverName, 'integration-types', 'routing-labels');
     alertmanager.visitYAMLPage();
     yamlEditor.getEditorContent().then((content) => {
       const configs = getGlobalsAndReceiverConfig(receiverName, configName, content);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/alertmanager.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/alertmanager.ts
index 66f7716af9c..cba660b292b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/alertmanager.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/alertmanager.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ export const alertmanager = {
     cy.exec(
       `kubectl patch secret 'alertmanager-main' -n 'openshift-monitoring' --type='json' -p='[{ op: 'replace', path: '/data/alertmanager.yaml', value: ${defaultAlertmanagerYaml}}]'`,
     ),
-  save: () => cy.byTestID('save-changes').should('be.enabled').click(),
+  save: () => {
+    cy.byTestID('save-changes').should('be.enabled').click();
+    // wait for the changes to rollout
+    // eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
+    cy.wait(10000);
+  },
   showAdvancedConfiguration: () => cy.byTestID('advanced-configuration').find('button').click(),
   validateCreation: (receiverName: string, typeCellName: string, labelCellName: string) => {
-    listPage.dvFilter.byName(receiverName);
     listPage.dvRows.shouldExist(receiverName);
     listPage.dvRows.shouldExist(receiverName, typeCellName);
     listPage.dvRows.shouldExist(receiverName, labelCellName);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/list-page.ts b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/list-page.ts
index 121db421453..7cf97dcb4aa 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/list-page.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/integration-tests-cypress/views/list-page.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const listPage = {
         cy.get('.pf-v6-c-menu-toggle').first().click(),
       );
       cy.get('.pf-v6-c-menu__list-item').contains('Name').click();
-      cy.get('[aria-label="Name filter"]').clear().type(name);
+      cy.get('[aria-label="Filter by name"]').clear().type(name);
     },
     by: (checkboxLabel: string) => {
       cy.get('[data-ouia-component-id="DataViewCheckboxFilter"]').click();
diff --git a/frontend/public/components/_autocomplete.scss b/frontend/public/components/_autocomplete.scss
index b5f47209a5c..0cfb06685c7 100644
--- a/frontend/public/components/_autocomplete.scss
+++ b/frontend/public/components/_autocomplete.scss
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
   position: relative;
   width: 100%;
   z-index: var(--pf-t--global--z-index--sm);
-  @media (max-width: $screen-xs-min) {
-    max-width: calc(100% - 95px);
-  }
-  @media (min-width: $screen-xs-min) and (max-width: $screen-sm-min) {
-    max-width: 200px;
-  }
 }
 
 .co-suggestion-box__suggestions {
@@ -17,9 +11,6 @@
   gap: var(--pf-t--global--spacer--gap--group--vertical);
   position: absolute;
   width: 100%;
-  @media (min-width: $screen-xs-min) and (max-width: $screen-sm-min) {
-    max-width: 200px;
-  }
 }
 
 .co-suggestion-box__suggestions--shadowed {
diff --git a/frontend/public/components/_filter-toolbar.scss b/frontend/public/components/_filter-toolbar.scss
index 30fb246ffaa..644725d4ff3 100644
--- a/frontend/public/components/_filter-toolbar.scss
+++ b/frontend/public/components/_filter-toolbar.scss
@@ -1,29 +1,3 @@
-.co-filter-dropdown__item {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-.co-filter-dropdown__list-item {
-  list-style: none;
-}
-
-/* No way to reach this ul */
-.co-filter-dropdown-group > ul {
-  margin-left: 0;
-  padding-left: 0;
-}
-
-.co-filter-dropdown-item {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  margin: var(--pf-t--global--spacer--xs) 0;
-}
-
 .co-filter-dropdown-item__name {
   padding: 0 var(--pf-t--global--spacer--xs);
 }
-
-@media (min-width: $pf-v6-global--breakpoint--md) {
-  .co-filter-group {
-    width: 350px !important; // enable full placeholder text to display
-  }
-}
diff --git a/frontend/public/components/filter-toolbar.tsx b/frontend/public/components/filter-toolbar.tsx
index 831a78a2e8b..3a45d126fa4 100644
--- a/frontend/public/components/filter-toolbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/public/components/filter-toolbar.tsx
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export const FilterToolbar: FC<FilterToolbarProps> = ({
                     }}
                     categoryName={translatedNameFilterTitle}
                   >
-                    <div className="pf-v6-c-input-group co-filter-group">
+                    <div className="pf-v6-c-input-group">
                       {showSearchFiltersDropdown && (
                         <ConsoleSelect
                           alwaysShowTitle