diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/sandbox/pages/StatusCommunityTagsPage.qml b/ui/StatusQ/sandbox/pages/StatusCommunityTagsPage.qml
index 13d702565d..4367b8c1db 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/sandbox/pages/StatusCommunityTagsPage.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/sandbox/pages/StatusCommunityTagsPage.qml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Item {
 
         StatusCommunityTags {
             model: tagsModel
-            showOnlySelected: true
+            mode: StatusCommunityTags.ShowSelectedOnly
             onClicked: {
                 cntSelectedTags--;
                 item.selected = false;
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusCommunityTags.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusCommunityTags.qml
index bfd060aaf0..d9dc319040 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusCommunityTags.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusCommunityTags.qml
@@ -3,14 +3,22 @@ import QtQuick 2.14
 import StatusQ.Core 0.1
 import StatusQ.Controls 0.1
 
+import SortFilterProxyModel 0.2
+
 Item {
     id: root
 
     property string filterString
-    property bool showOnlySelected: false
     property bool active: true
 
-    property alias model: repeater.model
+    enum Mode {
+        ShowUnselectedOnly,
+        ShowSelectedOnly,
+        Highlight
+    }
+    property int mode: StatusCommunityTags.ShowUnselectedOnly
+
+    property var model
     property alias contentWidth: flow.width
 
     readonly property int itemsWidth: {
@@ -35,16 +43,41 @@ Item {
         Repeater {
             id: repeater
 
+            model: SortFilterProxyModel {
+                id: filterModel
+
+                sourceModel: root.model
+
+                function selectionPredicate(selected) {
+                    return root.mode === StatusCommunityTags.ShowSelectedOnly ? selected : !selected
+                }
+
+                filters: [
+                    ExpressionFilter {
+                        enabled: root.filterString !== ""
+                        expression: {
+                            root.filterString
+                            return model.name.toUpperCase().indexOf(root.filterString.toUpperCase()) !== -1
+                        }
+                    },
+                    ExpressionFilter {
+                        enabled: root.mode !== StatusCommunityTags.Highlight
+                        expression: {
+                            root.mode
+                            return filterModel.selectionPredicate(model.selected)
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+
             delegate: StatusCommunityTag {
                 emoji: model.emoji
                 name: model.name
-                visible: (root.showOnlySelected ? model.selected : !model.selected) &&
-                         (filterString == 0 || name.toUpperCase().indexOf(filterString.toUpperCase()) !== -1)
-                width: visible ? implicitWidth : -flow.spacing
-                height: visible ? implicitHeight : 0
-                removable: root.showOnlySelected && root.active
+                removable: root.mode === StatusCommunityTags.ShowSelectedOnly && root.active
+                highlighted: root.mode === StatusCommunityTags.Highlight && model.selected
+
                 onClicked: root.clicked(model)
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Controls/StatusCommunityTag.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Controls/StatusCommunityTag.qml
index ef2624515b..5e06706fb2 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Controls/StatusCommunityTag.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Controls/StatusCommunityTag.qml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Rectangle {
     property string emoji
     property string name
     property bool removable: false
+    property bool highlighted: false
 
     signal clicked()
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ Rectangle {
     radius: height / 2
     border.color: Theme.palette.baseColor2
     border.width: 1
-    color: mouseArea.containsMouse ? Theme.palette.primaryColor2 : "transparent"
+    color: root.highlighted || mouseArea.containsMouse ? Theme.palette.primaryColor2 : "transparent"
 
     MouseArea {
         id: mouseArea
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/CommunitiesPortalLayout.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/CommunitiesPortalLayout.qml
index 32f4397e5d..00847cdecd 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/CommunitiesPortalLayout.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/CommunitiesPortalLayout.qml
@@ -59,17 +59,32 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
     }
 
     SortFilterProxyModel {
-        id: searchModel
+        id: filteredCommunitiesModel
+
+        function selectedTagsPredicate(selectedTagsNames, tagsJSON) {
+            const tags = JSON.parse(tagsJSON)
+            for (const i in tags) {
+                selectedTagsNames = selectedTagsNames.filter(name => name !== tags[i].name)
+            }
+            return selectedTagsNames.length === 0
+        }
 
         sourceModel: root.communitiesStore.curatedCommunitiesModel
 
-        filters: ExpressionFilter {
-            enabled: d.searchMode
-            expression: {
-                searcher.text
-                return name.toLowerCase().includes(searcher.text.toLowerCase())
+        filters: [
+            ExpressionFilter {
+                enabled: d.searchMode
+                expression: {
+                    searcher.text
+                    return name.toLowerCase().includes(searcher.text.toLowerCase())
+                }
+            },
+            ExpressionFilter {
+                expression: {
+                    return filteredCommunitiesModel.selectedTagsPredicate(communityTags.selectedTagsNames, model.tags)
+                }
             }
-        }
+        ]
     }
 
     centerPanel: Item {
@@ -137,8 +152,10 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
             }
 
             CommunityTagsRow {
-                tags: root.communitiesStore.communityTags
+                id: communityTags
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
+
+                tags: root.communitiesStore.communityTags
             }
 
             Item {
@@ -158,7 +175,7 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
                     bottomPadding: d.layoutBottomMargin
 
                     locale: communitiesStore.locale
-                    model: searchModel
+                    model: filteredCommunitiesModel
                     searchLayout: d.searchMode
 
                     onCardClicked: d.navigateToCommunity(communityId)
@@ -168,7 +185,7 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
                     anchors.top: parent.top
                     anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                     anchors.topMargin: parent.height / 3.1
-                    visible: d.searchMode && searchModel.count === 0
+                    visible: d.searchMode && filteredCommunitiesModel.count === 0
                     text: qsTr("No communities found")
                     color: Theme.palette.baseColor1
                     font.pixelSize: 15
@@ -223,7 +240,7 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
                 CommunityBanner {
                     property bool importInProgress: root.communitiesStore.discordImportInProgress && !root.communitiesStore.discordImportCancelled
                     text: importInProgress ?
-                        qsTr("'%1' import in progress...").arg(root.communitiesStore.discordImportCommunityName) : 
+                        qsTr("'%1' import in progress...").arg(root.communitiesStore.discordImportCommunityName) :
                         qsTr("Import existing Discord community into Status")
                     buttonText: qsTr("Import existing")
                     icon.name: "download"
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/controls/CommunityTagsRow.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/controls/CommunityTagsRow.qml
index efa4a79270..f049aaf6d9 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/controls/CommunityTagsRow.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/controls/CommunityTagsRow.qml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ StatusRollArea {
     id: root
 
     property string tags
+    property var selectedTagsNames: []
 
     onTagsChanged: {
         var obj = JSON.parse(tags);
@@ -19,16 +20,33 @@ StatusRollArea {
         for (const key of Object.keys(obj)) {
             d.tagsModel.append({ name: key, emoji: obj[key], selected: false });
         }
+
+        d.evaluateSelectedTags()
     }
 
     QtObject {
         id: d
 
         property ListModel tagsModel: ListModel {}
+
+        function evaluateSelectedTags() {
+            let selectedTagsNames = []
+            for(let i = 0; i < tagsModel.count; i++) {
+                let tag = tagsModel.get(i)
+                if (tag.selected) selectedTagsNames.push(tag.name)
+            }
+            root.selectedTagsNames = selectedTagsNames
+        }
     }
 
     content: StatusCommunityTags {
         id: tagsFlow
         model: d.tagsModel
+        mode: StatusCommunityTags.Highlight
+
+        onClicked: {
+            item.selected = !item.selected
+            d.evaluateSelectedTags()
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/panels/CommunityTagsPanel.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/panels/CommunityTagsPanel.qml
index c5ec532f36..b0cac02f34 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/panels/CommunityTagsPanel.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/CommunitiesPortal/panels/CommunityTagsPanel.qml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ StatusScrollView {
 
         StatusCommunityTags {
             model: d.tagsModel
-            showOnlySelected: true
+            mode: StatusCommunityTags.ShowSelectedOnly
             onClicked: {
                 d.cntSelectedTags--;
                 item.selected = false;