Workaround: handle the SortChanging and FilterChanging events and clear the search criteria from the search row. The stored search string can later be restored in the SortChanged and FilterChanged events string filter = string.Empty; private void RadGrid_FilterChanged(object sender, GridViewCollectionChangedEventArgs e) { this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.Search(filter); } private void RadGrid_SortChanged(object sender, GridViewCollectionChangedEventArgs e) { this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.Search(filter); } private void RadGrid_SortChanging(object sender, GridViewCollectionChangingEventArgs e) { this.filter = this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.SearchCriteria; this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.Search(null); } private void RadGrid_FilterChanging(object sender, GridViewCollectionChangingEventArgs e) { this.filter = this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.SearchCriteria; this.radGrid.MasterView.TableSearchRow.Search(null); }