diff --git a/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.html b/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.html
index c8b860fd..f3f37221 100644
--- a/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.html
+++ b/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.html
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
       <div [class.uk-invisible]="list.children.length === 0" class="uk-position-relative">
         <div class="uk-slider-container">
           <ul #list class="uk-slider-items uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-margin-small-right uk-flex-nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1px">
-            <ng-container *ngIf="customFilter && ((customFilterEnabled &&
-            refineFields.indexOf(customFilter.queryFieldName) ==
-            -1) ||customFilter.isHiddenFilter)">
+            <ng-container *ngIf="customFilter && (customFilter.isHiddenFilter)">
                 <li class="uk-flex uk-flex-middle">
                   <span class="uk-label uk-label-secondary uk-text-truncate">
                     {{customFilter.valueName}}
@@ -272,13 +270,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="uk-width-expand@m uk-with-1-1@s">
             <div [class.uk-padding-small]="mobile" class="uk-padding-remove-vertical">
-              <!-- Results only for Custom Filter? -->
-              <div *ngIf="customFilter && !customFilter.isHiddenFilter &&
-              customFilter.selected == false && customFilter.promptToAddFilter"
-                   class="uk-alert uk-animation-slide-top-small">
-                Do you want to see results only for {{customFilter.valueName}}? <a
-                  (click)="addCustomFilter();">Click here</a>.
-              </div>
+
               <!-- Related results for Custom Filter Alert -->
               <div *ngIf="openaireLink && (searchUtils.totalResults > 0 || !loadPaging )"
                    class="uk-alert uk-margin-small-top ">
@@ -399,4 +391,3 @@
 <div *ngIf="isMobile || isServer" class="uk-hidden@m">
   <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="main; context: {mobile: true}"></ng-container>
 </div>
-<modal-alert #removeCustomFilter (alertOutput)="closeCustomFilterModal()"></modal-alert>
diff --git a/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.ts b/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.ts
index 96aa3e20..ee6c4bf9 100644
--- a/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.ts
+++ b/searchPages/searchUtils/newSearchPage.component.ts
@@ -138,11 +138,9 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
   
   //Dashboard
   filterToggle = false;
-  customFilterEnabled: boolean = false;
   //stickyform
   @Input() stickyForm: boolean = false;
   
-  @ViewChild('removeCustomFilter') removeCustomFilter: AlertModal;
   currentValueToRemove;
   currentFilterToRemove;
   public indexUpdateDate: Date;
@@ -185,7 +183,6 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
       if (params['page'] && params['page'] != 1) {
         HelperFunctions.scrollToId("searchForm");
       }
-      this.customFilterEnabled = params['cf'] && params['cf'] == "true";
       if (this.basicMetaDescription.length == 0) {
         if (this.entityType == "result") {
           this.basicMetaDescription = [OpenaireEntities.RESULTS, "Discover" + (this.properties.adminToolsCommunity == 'openaire' ? " over 100 million of" : "") + " "+OpenaireEntities.RESULTS+" ", "categorized by research type, year range, funder, languages, "+OpenaireEntities.COMMUNITY+" and "+OpenaireEntities.DATASOURCES+"."];
@@ -644,10 +641,6 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
   public removeFilter(value: Value, filter: Filter, forceRemove: boolean = false) {
     this.currentValueToRemove = value;
     this.currentFilterToRemove = filter;
-    if (!forceRemove && this.customFilter && this.customFilter.queryFieldName == filter.filterId && this.customFilter.valueId == value.id && this.customFilter.promptToAddFilter) {
-      this.openRemoveCustomFilterModal();
-      return;
-    }
     filter.countSelectedValues--;
     this.selectedFilters--;
     if (value.selected == true) {
@@ -661,20 +654,7 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
     // }
     this.goTo(1);
   }
-  
-  public openRemoveCustomFilterModal() {
-    this.removeCustomFilter.alertTitle = 'Remove filter';
-    this.removeCustomFilter.message = 'You are about to see results that are not related to ' + this.customFilter.valueName + '. Do you want to proceed?';
-    this.removeCustomFilter.okButtonText = 'Yes';
-    this.removeCustomFilter.cancelButtonText = 'No';
-    this.removeCustomFilter.open();
-  }
-  
-  closeCustomFilterModal() {
-    this.customFilterEnabled = false;
-    this.removeFilter(this.currentValueToRemove, this.currentFilterToRemove, true);
-  }
-  
+
   public removeRangeFilter(filter: RangeFilter) {
     filter.selectedFromValue = null;
     filter.selectedToValue = null;
@@ -718,42 +698,7 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
       }
     }*/
   
-  /**
-   * Set selected the value of the custom filter.
-   */
-  addCustomFilter() {
-    this.customFilter.selected = true;
-    this.customFilterEnabled = true;
-    if (this.refineFields.indexOf(this.customFilter.queryFieldName) != -1) {
-      let found = false;
-      for (let filter of this.filters) {
-        if (this.customFilter.queryFieldName == filter.filterId) {
-          for (let value of filter.values) {
-            if (value.id == this.customFilter.valueId) {
-              value.selected = true;
-              filter.countSelectedValues++;
-              found = true;
-              break;
-            }
-          }
-          //add filter when field exist in refine but not in the refine values
-          if (!found) {
-            filter.countSelectedValues++;
-            filter.values.push({
-              selected: true,
-              name: this.customFilter.valueName,
-              id: this.customFilter.valueId,
-              number: 0
-            });
-          }
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    this.filterChanged(null);
-    
-  }
-  
+
   // for loading
   public openLoading() {
     this.loading.open();
@@ -1112,8 +1057,7 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
         allFqs += fq;
       }
     }
-    this.customFilterEnabled = URLparams["cf"] == "true";
-    if (this.customFilter && (this.customFilter.isHiddenFilter || this.customFilterEnabled)) {
+    if (this.customFilter && (this.customFilter.isHiddenFilter)) {
       allFqs += "&fq=" + StringUtils.URIEncode(this.customFilter.queryFieldName + " exact " + StringUtils.quote((this.customFilter.valueId)));
     }
     
@@ -1455,12 +1399,7 @@ export class NewSearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
       this.parameterNames.push("keyword");
       this.parameterValues.push(this.searchUtils.keyword);
     }
-    
-    
-    if (this.customFilterEnabled) {
-      this.parameterNames.push("cf");
-      this.parameterValues.push("true");
-    }
+
     // if (this.searchUtils.size != this.resultsPerPage) {
     //   // allLimits += ((allLimits.length == 0) ? '?' : '&') + 'size=' + this.searchUtils.size;
     //   this.parameterNames.push("size");
diff --git a/searchPages/searchUtils/searchUtils.class.ts b/searchPages/searchUtils/searchUtils.class.ts
index f3cc2ace..da049a3f 100644
--- a/searchPages/searchUtils/searchUtils.class.ts
+++ b/searchPages/searchUtils/searchUtils.class.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export class SearchCustomFilter{
  valueName:string; // Greece
  isHiddenFilter:boolean;
  selected:boolean;
- promptToAddFilter:boolean;
  constructor( fieldName:string, queryFieldName:string, valueId:string, valueName:string ){
    if(valueId == "test" && properties.environment == "development"){
      valueId = "covid-19";
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ export class SearchCustomFilter{
    this.valueId = valueId;
    this.valueName = valueName;
    this.selected = null;
-   this.promptToAddFilter = false;
  }
 
  public getParameters(params={}){