diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
index 56c9fff99d..97eb50e456 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import {push} from 'react-router-redux'
+import _ from 'lodash'
 import queryString from 'query-string'
+import {push} from 'react-router-redux'
 
 import {
   getDashboards as getDashboardsAJAX,
@@ -365,9 +366,14 @@ export const updateTempVarValues = (source, dashboard) => async dispatch => {
 
 export const syncURLQueryFromQueryObject = (
   location,
-  updatedQuery
+  updatedQuery,
+  deletedQueries = {}
 ) => dispatch => {
   const updatedLocationQuery = {...location.query, ...updatedQuery}
+  _.each(deletedQueries, (v, k) => {
+    delete updatedLocationQuery[k]
+  })
+
   const updatedSearchString = queryString.stringify(updatedLocationQuery)
   const updatedSearch = {search: updatedSearchString}
   const updatedLocation = {
@@ -379,8 +385,15 @@ export const syncURLQueryFromQueryObject = (
   dispatch(push(updatedLocation))
 }
 
-export const syncURLQueryFromTempVars = (location, tempVars) => dispatch => {
+export const syncURLQueryFromTempVars = (
+  location,
+  tempVars,
+  deletedTempVars = []
+) => dispatch => {
   const updatedQueries = generateURLQueryFromTempVars(tempVars)
+  const deletedQueries = generateURLQueryFromTempVars(deletedTempVars)
 
-  dispatch(syncURLQueryFromQueryObject(location, updatedQueries))
+  dispatch(
+    syncURLQueryFromQueryObject(location, updatedQueries, deletedQueries)
+  )
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardPage.js b/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardPage.js
index 974c0e57fd..a180540964 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardPage.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/containers/DashboardPage.js
@@ -301,7 +301,15 @@ class DashboardPage extends Component {
         templates,
       })
       onSaveTemplatesSuccess()
-      dashboardActions.syncURLQueryFromTempVars(location, templates)
+      const deletedTempVars = dashboard.templates.filter(
+        ({tempVar: oldTempVar}) =>
+          !templates.find(({tempVar: newTempVar}) => oldTempVar === newTempVar)
+      )
+      dashboardActions.syncURLQueryFromTempVars(
+        location,
+        templates,
+        deletedTempVars
+      )
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error)
     }