diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/ListAlert.tsx b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/ListAlert.tsx
index 07db958916..0ad805ede8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/ListAlert.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/ListAlert.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/display-name */
-import { InfoCircleOutlined, PlusOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
-import { Flex, Input, Tooltip, Typography } from 'antd';
+import { PlusOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
+import { Flex, Input, Typography } from 'antd';
 import type { ColumnsType } from 'antd/es/table/interface';
 import saveAlertApi from 'api/alerts/save';
 import logEvent from 'api/common/logEvent';
@@ -175,41 +175,6 @@ function ListAlert({ allAlertRules, refetch }: ListAlertProps): JSX.Element {
 		setData(filteredData);
 	});
 
-	const searchTooltipContent = (
-		<div style={{ maxWidth: 400 }}>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 8, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>Search Options:</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <strong>Plain text:</strong> Search across all fields
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <strong>Key:value pairs:</strong> Specific field matching
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <strong>Multiple terms:</strong> All terms must match (AND logic)
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>
-				• <strong>Status mapping:</strong> Use &quot;ok&quot; for inactive alerts
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 8, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>Examples:</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <code>cpu warning</code> - Find alerts with both &quot;cpu&quot; and
-				&quot;warning&quot;
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <code>status:ok</code> - Find alerts with OK status
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <code>severity:critical</code> - Find critical alerts
-			</div>
-			<div style={{ marginBottom: 4 }}>
-				• <code>cluster:prod</code> - Find alerts with cluster=prod label
-			</div>
-			<div>
-				• <code>status:ok cpu</code> - Find OK alerts containing &quot;cpu&quot;
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	);
-
 	const dynamicColumns: ColumnsType<GettableAlert> = [
 		{
 			title: 'Created At',
@@ -379,22 +344,11 @@ function ListAlert({ allAlertRules, refetch }: ListAlertProps): JSX.Element {
 	return (
 		<>
 			<SearchContainer>
-				<div className="search-container">
-					<Search
-						placeholder="Search by name, status, severity, labels or key:value or chaining (e.g. 'status:ok cpu warning')"
-						onChange={handleSearch}
-						defaultValue={searchString}
-						prefix={
-							<Flex align="center" gap={8}>
-								<Tooltip title={searchTooltipContent} placement="bottomRight">
-									<InfoCircleOutlined className="search-tooltip" />
-								</Tooltip>
-								<div className="search-divider" />
-							</Flex>
-						}
-					/>
-				</div>
-
+				<Search
+					placeholder="Search by Alert Name, Severity and Labels"
+					onChange={handleSearch}
+					defaultValue={searchString}
+				/>
 				<Flex gap={12}>
 					{addNewAlert && (
 						<Button
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/__test__/utils.test.ts b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/__test__/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3e7d3d487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/__test__/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
+import { GettableAlert } from 'types/api/alerts/get';
+
+import { filterAlerts } from '../utils';
+
+describe('filterAlerts', () => {
+	const mockAlertBase: Partial<GettableAlert> = {
+		state: 'active',
+		disabled: false,
+		createAt: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+		createBy: 'test-user',
+		updateAt: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+		updateBy: 'test-user',
+		version: '1',
+	};
+
+	const mockAlerts: GettableAlert[] = [
+		{
+			...mockAlertBase,
+			id: '1',
+			alert: 'High CPU Usage',
+			alertType: 'metrics',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'warning',
+				status: 'ok',
+				environment: 'production',
+			},
+		} as GettableAlert,
+		{
+			...mockAlertBase,
+			id: '2',
+			alert: 'Memory Leak Detected',
+			alertType: 'metrics',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'critical',
+				status: 'firing',
+				environment: 'staging',
+			},
+		} as GettableAlert,
+		{
+			...mockAlertBase,
+			id: '3',
+			alert: 'Database Connection Error',
+			alertType: 'metrics',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'error',
+				status: 'pending',
+				environment: 'production',
+			},
+		} as GettableAlert,
+	];
+
+	it('should return all alerts when filter is empty', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, '');
+		expect(result).toEqual(mockAlerts);
+	});
+
+	it('should return all alerts when filter is only whitespace', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, '   ');
+		expect(result).toEqual(mockAlerts);
+	});
+
+	it('should filter alerts by alert name', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'CPU');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].alert).toBe('High CPU Usage');
+	});
+
+	it('should filter alerts by severity', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'warning');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].labels?.severity).toBe('warning');
+	});
+
+	it('should filter alerts by label key', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'environment');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(3); // All alerts have environment label
+	});
+
+	it('should filter alerts by label value', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'production');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+		expect(
+			result.every((alert) => alert.labels?.environment === 'production'),
+		).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should be case insensitive', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'cpu');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].alert).toBe('High CPU Usage');
+	});
+
+	it('should handle partial matches', () => {
+		const result = filterAlerts(mockAlerts, 'mem');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].alert).toBe('Memory Leak Detected');
+	});
+
+	it('should handle alerts with missing labels', () => {
+		const alertsWithMissingLabels: GettableAlert[] = [
+			{
+				...mockAlertBase,
+				id: '4',
+				alert: 'Test Alert',
+				alertType: 'metrics',
+				labels: undefined,
+			} as GettableAlert,
+		];
+		const result = filterAlerts(alertsWithMissingLabels, 'test');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].alert).toBe('Test Alert');
+	});
+
+	it('should handle alerts with missing alert name', () => {
+		const alertsWithMissingName: GettableAlert[] = [
+			{
+				...mockAlertBase,
+				id: '5',
+				alert: '',
+				alertType: 'metrics',
+				labels: {
+					severity: 'warning',
+				},
+			} as GettableAlert,
+		];
+		const result = filterAlerts(alertsWithMissingName, 'warning');
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0].labels?.severity).toBe('warning');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/styles.ts b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/styles.ts
index fba802b1c1..c34bf0871c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/styles.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/styles.ts
@@ -8,24 +8,6 @@ export const SearchContainer = styled.div`
 		align-items: center;
 		gap: 2rem;
 	}
-	.search-container {
-		width: 100%;
-		display: flex;
-		align-items: center;
-		gap: 12px;
-
-		.search-tooltip {
-			color: var(--bg-robin-500);
-			cursor: help;
-		}
-
-		.search-divider {
-			height: 16px;
-			margin: 0;
-			border-left: 1px solid var(--bg-slate-100);
-			margin-right: 6px;
-		}
-	}
 `;
 
 export const Button = styled(ButtonComponent)`
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.test.ts b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d00ec8beda..0000000000
--- a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
-import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
-import { GettableAlert } from 'types/api/alerts/get';
-import { EQueryType } from 'types/common/dashboard';
-
-import { filterAlerts } from './utils';
-
-const testLabels = { severity: 'warning', cluster: 'prod', test: 'value' };
-
-const baseAlert: GettableAlert = {
-	id: '1',
-	alert: 'CPU Usage High',
-	state: 'inactive',
-	disabled: false,
-	createAt: '',
-	createBy: '',
-	updateAt: '',
-	updateBy: '',
-	alertType: 'type',
-	ruleType: 'rule',
-	frequency: '1m',
-	condition: {
-		compositeQuery: {
-			builderQueries: {},
-			promQueries: {},
-			chQueries: {},
-			queryType: EQueryType.QUERY_BUILDER,
-			panelType: PANEL_TYPES.TABLE,
-			unit: '',
-		},
-	},
-	labels: testLabels,
-	annotations: {},
-	evalWindow: '',
-	source: '',
-	preferredChannels: [],
-	broadcastToAll: false,
-	version: '',
-};
-
-const alerts: GettableAlert[] = [
-	{
-		...baseAlert,
-		id: '1',
-		alert: 'CPU Usage High',
-		state: 'inactive',
-		labels: testLabels,
-	},
-	{
-		...baseAlert,
-		id: '2',
-		alert: 'Memory Usage',
-		state: 'firing',
-		labels: { severity: 'critical', cluster: 'dev', test: 'other' },
-	},
-	{
-		...baseAlert,
-		id: '3',
-		alert: 'Disk IO',
-		state: 'pending',
-		labels: testLabels,
-	},
-	{
-		...baseAlert,
-		id: '4',
-		alert: 'Network Latency',
-		state: 'disabled',
-		labels: { severity: 'info', cluster: 'qa', test: 'value' },
-	},
-];
-
-describe('filterAlerts', () => {
-	it('returns all alerts if filter is empty', () => {
-		expect(filterAlerts(alerts, '')).toHaveLength(alerts.length);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by alert name (case-insensitive)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'cpu usage');
-		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
-		expect(result[0].alert).toBe('CPU Usage High');
-	});
-
-	it('matches by severity', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'warning');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by label key or value', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'prod');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by multi-word AND search', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'cpu prod');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (label)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'test:value');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3', '4']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key: value (label, with space)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'test: value');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3', '4']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (severity)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'severity:warning');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (status:ok)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'status:ok');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (status:inactive)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'status:inactive');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (status:firing)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'status:firing');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['2']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (status:pending)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'status:pending');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (status:disabled)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'status:disabled');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['4']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (cluster:prod)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'cluster:prod');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (cluster:dev)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'cluster:dev');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['2']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by key:value (case-insensitive)', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'CLUSTER:PROD');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1', '3']);
-	});
-
-	it('matches by combination of word and key:value', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'cpu status:ok');
-		expect(result.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(['1']);
-	});
-
-	it('returns empty if no match', () => {
-		const result = filterAlerts(alerts, 'notfound');
-		expect(result).toHaveLength(0);
-	});
-});
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.ts b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.ts
index 64f0c50a49..89b52dbffa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/container/ListAlertRules/utils.ts
@@ -3,108 +3,29 @@ import { ALERTS_DATA_SOURCE_MAP } from 'constants/alerts';
 import { AlertTypes } from 'types/api/alerts/alertTypes';
 import { GettableAlert } from 'types/api/alerts/get';
 
-/**
- * Parses key:value pairs from the filter string, allowing optional whitespace after the colon.
- */
-function parseKeyValuePairs(
-	filter: string,
-): { keyValuePairs: Record<string, string>; filterCopy: string } {
-	// Allow optional whitespace after colon, and support more flexible values
-	const keyValueRegex = /([\w-]+):\s*([^\s]+)/g;
-	const keyValuePairs: Record<string, string> = {};
-	let filterCopy = filter.toLowerCase();
-	const matches = Array.from(filterCopy.matchAll(keyValueRegex));
-	matches.forEach((match) => {
-		const [, key, value] = match;
-		keyValuePairs[key] = value.trim();
-		filterCopy = filterCopy.replace(match[0], '');
-	});
-	return { keyValuePairs, filterCopy };
-}
-
-const statusMap: Record<string, string> = {
-	ok: 'inactive',
-	inactive: 'inactive',
-	pending: 'pending',
-	firing: 'firing',
-	disabled: 'disabled',
-};
-
-/**
- * Returns true if the alert matches the search words and key-value pairs.
- */
-function alertMatches(alert: GettableAlert, searchWords: string[]): boolean {
-	const alertName = alert.alert?.toLowerCase() || '';
-	const severity = alert.labels?.severity?.toLowerCase() || '';
-	const status = alert.state?.toLowerCase() || '';
-	const labelKeys = Object.keys(alert.labels || {})
-		.filter((e) => e !== 'severity')
-		.map((k) => k.toLowerCase());
-	const labelValues = Object.values(alert.labels || {}).map((v) =>
-		typeof v === 'string' ? v.toLowerCase() : '',
-	);
-
-	const searchable = [
-		alertName,
-		severity,
-		status,
-		...labelKeys,
-		...labelValues,
-	].join(' ');
-
-	// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
-	return searchWords.every((word) => {
-		const plainTextMatch = searchable.includes(word);
-
-		// Check if this word is a key:value pair
-		const isKeyValue = word.includes(':');
-		if (isKeyValue) {
-			// For key:value pairs, check if the key:value logic matches
-			const [key, value] = word.split(':');
-			const keyValueMatch = ((): boolean => {
-				if (key === 'severity') {
-					return severity === value;
-				}
-				if (key === 'status') {
-					const mappedStatus = statusMap[value] || value;
-					const labelVal =
-						alert.labels && key in alert.labels ? alert.labels[key] : undefined;
-					return (
-						status === mappedStatus ||
-						(typeof labelVal === 'string' && labelVal.toLowerCase() === value)
-					);
-				}
-				if (alert.labels && key in alert.labels) {
-					const labelVal = alert.labels[key];
-					return typeof labelVal === 'string' && labelVal.toLowerCase() === value;
-				}
-				return false;
-			})();
-
-			// For key:value pairs, match if EITHER plain text OR key:value logic matches
-			return plainTextMatch || keyValueMatch;
-		}
-
-		// For regular words, only plain text matching is required
-		return plainTextMatch;
-	});
-}
-
 export const filterAlerts = (
 	allAlertRules: GettableAlert[],
 	filter: string,
 ): GettableAlert[] => {
 	if (!filter.trim()) return allAlertRules;
 
-	const { keyValuePairs, filterCopy } = parseKeyValuePairs(filter);
-	// Include both the remaining words AND the original key:value strings as search words
-	const remainingWords = filterCopy.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
-	const keyValueStrings = Object.entries(keyValuePairs).map(
-		([key, value]) => `${key}:${value}`,
-	);
-	const searchWords = [...remainingWords, ...keyValueStrings];
+	const value = filter.trim().toLowerCase();
+	return allAlertRules.filter((alert) => {
+		const alertName = alert.alert?.toLowerCase();
+		const severity = alert.labels?.severity?.toLowerCase();
 
-	return allAlertRules.filter((alert) => alertMatches(alert, searchWords));
+		// Create a string of all label keys and values for searching
+		const labelSearchString = Object.entries(alert.labels || {})
+			.map(([key, val]) => `${key} ${val}`)
+			.join(' ')
+			.toLowerCase();
+
+		return (
+			alertName?.includes(value) ||
+			severity?.includes(value) ||
+			labelSearchString.includes(value)
+		);
+	});
 };
 
 export const alertActionLogEvent = (