diff --git a/lib/flux/app-state.ts b/lib/flux/app-state.ts
index bb4962adf..b351c7505 100644
--- a/lib/flux/app-state.ts
+++ b/lib/flux/app-state.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const initialState: AppState = {
   notes: null,
   tags: [],
   revision: null,
-  showTrash: false,
   showNavigation: false,
   dialogs: [],
   nextDialogKey: 0,
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ export const actionMap = new ActionMap({
     showAllNotes(state: AppState) {
       return update(state, {
         showNavigation: { $set: false },
-        showTrash: { $set: false },
         tag: { $set: null },
         previousIndex: { $set: -1 },
       });
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ export const actionMap = new ActionMap({
     selectTrash(state: AppState) {
       return update(state, {
         showNavigation: { $set: false },
-        showTrash: { $set: true },
         tag: { $set: null },
         previousIndex: { $set: -1 },
       });
@@ -116,7 +113,6 @@ export const actionMap = new ActionMap({
     selectTag(state: AppState, { tag }: { tag: T.TagEntity }) {
       return update(state, {
         showNavigation: { $set: false },
-        showTrash: { $set: false },
         tag: { $set: tag },
         previousIndex: { $set: -1 },
       });
@@ -176,10 +172,6 @@ export const actionMap = new ActionMap({
           const { appState: state, settings } = getState();
           const timestamp = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
 
-          if (state.showTrash) {
-            dispatch(this.action('showAllNotes'));
-          }
-
           // insert a new note into the store and select it
           noteBucket.add(
             {
diff --git a/lib/navigation-bar/index.tsx b/lib/navigation-bar/index.tsx
index fac251c4b..32ecb144d 100644
--- a/lib/navigation-bar/index.tsx
+++ b/lib/navigation-bar/index.tsx
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ export class NavigationBar extends Component {
   }
 }
 
-const mapStateToProps = ({ appState: state, settings }) => ({
+const mapStateToProps = ({ appState: state, settings, ui: { showTrash } }) => ({
   autoHideMenuBar: settings.autoHideMenuBar,
   dialogs: state.dialogs,
   selectedTag: state.tag,
   showNavigation: state.showNavigation,
-  showTrash: state.showTrash,
+  showTrash,
 });
 
 const {
diff --git a/lib/note-list/index.tsx b/lib/note-list/index.tsx
index 6ce21414c..37d8e6dab 100644
--- a/lib/note-list/index.tsx
+++ b/lib/note-list/index.tsx
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ const { recordEvent } = tracks;
 
 const mapStateToProps: S.MapState<StateProps> = ({
   appState: state,
-  ui: { filteredNotes, note, searchQuery },
+  ui: { filteredNotes, note, searchQuery, showTrash },
   settings: { noteDisplay },
 }) => {
   const tagResultsFound = getMatchingTags(state.tags, searchQuery).length;
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ const mapStateToProps: S.MapState<StateProps> = ({
     selectedNotePreview,
     selectedNoteContent: get(selectedNote, 'data.content'),
     selectedNoteId,
-    showTrash: state.showTrash,
+    showTrash,
     tagResultsFound,
   };
 };
diff --git a/lib/search-bar/index.tsx b/lib/search-bar/index.tsx
index 7501ea3ea..d9b28d404 100644
--- a/lib/search-bar/index.tsx
+++ b/lib/search-bar/index.tsx
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ export const SearchBar: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
 );
 
 const mapStateToProps: S.MapState<StateProps> = ({
-  appState: { showTrash },
-  ui: { searchQuery },
+  ui: { searchQuery, showTrash },
 }) => ({
   searchQuery,
   showTrash,
diff --git a/lib/state/index.ts b/lib/state/index.ts
index e680939eb..4083606db 100644
--- a/lib/state/index.ts
+++ b/lib/state/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export type AppState = {
   revision: T.NoteEntity | null;
   searchFocus: boolean;
   showNavigation: boolean;
-  showTrash: boolean;
   tags: T.TagEntity[];
   tag?: T.TagEntity;
   unsyncedNoteIds: T.EntityId[];
diff --git a/lib/state/ui/reducer.ts b/lib/state/ui/reducer.ts
index f0f0927a0..c7179717e 100644
--- a/lib/state/ui/reducer.ts
+++ b/lib/state/ui/reducer.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,20 @@ const showRevisions: A.Reducer<boolean> = (state = false, action) => {
   }
 };
 
+const showTrash: A.Reducer<boolean> = (state = false, action) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case 'App.selectTrash':
+      return true;
+    case 'CREATE_NOTE':
+    case 'App.selectTag':
+    case 'App.showAllNotes': {
+      return false;
+    }
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+};
+
 const note: A.Reducer<T.NoteEntity | null> = (state = null, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case 'App.selectNote':
@@ -133,6 +147,7 @@ export default combineReducers({
   showNoteInfo,
   showNoteList,
   showRevisions,
+  showTrash,
   simperiumConnected,
   unsyncedNoteIds,
 });
diff --git a/lib/utils/filter-notes.ts b/lib/utils/filter-notes.ts
index 386a623c6..8afcd0261 100644
--- a/lib/utils/filter-notes.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/filter-notes.ts
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ export default function filterNotes(
   notesArray: T.NoteEntity[] | null = null
 ) {
   const {
-    appState: { notes, showTrash, tag },
-    ui: { searchQuery },
+    appState: { notes, tag },
+    ui: { searchQuery, showTrash },
   } = state;
 
   const notesToFilter = notesArray ? notesArray : notes;