diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter-no-results.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter-no-results.gjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d46c208e41eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter-no-results.gjs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+import { service } from "@ember/service";
+import { i18n } from "discourse-i18n";
+
+export default class FilterNoResults extends Component {
+  @service sidebarState;
+
+  get shouldDisplay() {
+    return (
+      this.sidebarState.currentPanel.filterable &&
+      !!(this.args.sections?.length === 0)
+    );
+  }
+
+  get noResultsDescription() {
+    return this.sidebarState.currentPanel.filterNoResultsDescription(
+      this.sidebarState.filter
+    );
+  }
+
+  <template>
+    {{#if this.shouldDisplay}}
+      <div class="sidebar-no-results">
+        <h4 class="sidebar-no-results__title">{{i18n
+            "sidebar.no_results.title"
+          }}</h4>
+        {{#if this.noResultsDescription}}
+          <p class="sidebar-no-results__description">
+            {{this.noResultsDescription}}
+          </p>
+        {{/if}}
+      </div>
+    {{/if}}
+  </template>
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter.gjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d783f2d7835b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/filter.gjs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+import { on } from "@ember/modifier";
+import { action } from "@ember/object";
+import { service } from "@ember/service";
+import DButton from "discourse/components/d-button";
+import { i18n } from "discourse-i18n";
+
+export default class Filter extends Component {
+  @service sidebarState;
+  @service router;
+  @service currentUser;
+
+  willDestroy() {
+    super.willDestroy(...arguments);
+    this.sidebarState.clearFilter();
+  }
+
+  get shouldDisplay() {
+    return this.sidebarState.currentPanel.filterable;
+  }
+
+  get displayClearFilter() {
+    return this.sidebarState.filter.length > 0;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  setFilter(event) {
+    this.sidebarState.filter = event.target.value;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  clearFilter() {
+    this.sidebarState.clearFilter();
+    document.querySelector(".sidebar-filter__input").focus();
+  }
+
+  <template>
+    {{#if this.shouldDisplay}}
+      <div class="sidebar-filter">
+        <div class="sidebar-filter__input-container">
+          <input
+            {{on "input" this.setFilter}}
+            value={{this.sidebarState.filter}}
+            placeholder={{i18n "sidebar.filter_links"}}
+            type="text"
+            enterkeyhint="done"
+            class="sidebar-filter__input"
+          />
+
+          {{#if this.displayClearFilter}}
+            <DButton
+              @action={{this.clearFilter}}
+              @icon="xmark"
+              class="sidebar-filter__clear"
+            />
+          {{/if}}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    {{/if}}
+  </template>
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/panel-header.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/panel-header.gjs
index 02d6c2411019b..8f8943196901d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/panel-header.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/panel-header.gjs
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { service } from "@ember/service";
 import BackToForum from "discourse/components/sidebar/back-to-forum";
 import Search from "discourse/components/sidebar/search";
+import Filter from "./filter";
+import FilterNoResults from "./filter-no-results";
 import ToggleAllSections from "./toggle-all-sections";
 
 export default class PanelHeader extends Component {
   @service sidebarState;
+  @service currentUser;
 
   get shouldDisplay() {
     return this.sidebarState.currentPanel.displayHeader;
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ export default class PanelHeader extends Component {
         </div>
         <div class="sidebar-panel-header__row">
           <Search />
+          <Filter />
         </div>
+        <FilterNoResults @sections={{@sections}} />
       </div>
     {{/if}}
   </template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/admin-sidebar.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/admin-sidebar.js
index 936cf4284e489..1214c5cfbf4f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/admin-sidebar.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/admin-sidebar.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import BaseCustomSidebarPanel from "discourse/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-pa
 import BaseCustomSidebarSection from "discourse/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-section";
 import BaseCustomSidebarSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-section-link";
 import { ADMIN_PANEL } from "discourse/lib/sidebar/panels";
+import { escapeExpression } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
 import I18n, { i18n } from "discourse-i18n";
 
 let additionalAdminSidebarSectionLinks = {};
@@ -409,7 +410,25 @@ export default class AdminSidebarPanel extends BaseCustomSidebarPanel {
   }
 
   get searchable() {
-    return true;
+    const currentUser = getOwnerWithFallback(this).lookup(
+      "service:current-user"
+    );
+    return currentUser.admin;
+  }
+
+  get filterable() {
+    const currentUser = getOwnerWithFallback(this).lookup(
+      "service:current-user"
+    );
+    return !currentUser.admin && currentUser.moderator;
+  }
+
+  filterNoResultsDescription(filter) {
+    const escapedFilter = escapeExpression(filter);
+
+    i18n("sidebar.no_results.description_admin_search", {
+      filter: escapedFilter,
+    });
   }
 
   get onSearchClick() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-panel.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-panel.js
index e415fb04cd4a1..04bd0d6f6bcf6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-panel.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/base-custom-sidebar-panel.js
@@ -55,7 +55,27 @@ export default class BaseCustomSidebarPanel {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @returns {boolean} Controls whether the search is shown
+   * @returns {boolean} Controls whether the filter is shown.
+   * Filter allows to remove sidebar links which does not match the filter phrase.
+   */
+  get filterable() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} filter filter applied
+   *
+   * @returns {string | SafeString} Description displayed when the applied filter has no results.
+   * Use `htmlSafe` from `from "@ember/template` to use HTML strings.
+   */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  filterNoResultsDescription(filter) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns {boolean} Controls whether the search is shown.
+   * Displays modal on click allowing searching for admin pages, site settings, themes, components and reports.
    */
   get searchable() {
     return false;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
index 2092b779fd9af..cef39f77a29d8 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@
     vertical-align: text-bottom;
   }
 
+  .sidebar-filter {
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+
   .sidebar-search {
     width: 100%;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
index 571ab10c5066e..0f3f12989bfaa 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
@@ -353,6 +353,68 @@
   }
 }
 
+.sidebar-filter {
+  margin-top: 1em;
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+  border: 1px solid var(--primary-400);
+  border-radius: var(--d-input-border-radius);
+  background: var(--secondary);
+  width: calc(
+    var(--d-sidebar-width) - 2 * var(--d-sidebar-row-horizontal-padding)
+  );
+
+  &:focus-within {
+    border-color: var(--tertiary);
+    outline: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+    outline-offset: -1px;
+  }
+
+  &__input-container {
+    position: relative;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    background: var(--secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--d-input-border-radius);
+  }
+
+  &__shortcut-hint {
+    background-color: rgb(var(--tertiary-rgb) / 10%);
+    padding: 0.25em 0.5em;
+    margin-right: 0.5em;
+    font-size: var(--font-down-3);
+    color: var(--primary-medium);
+  }
+
+  &__input[type="text"] {
+    border: 0;
+    background: none;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    height: 2em;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    &:focus-within {
+      outline: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &__clear {
+    width: 2em;
+    height: 2em;
+    color: var(--primary-medium);
+    background-color: var(--secondary);
+  }
+}
+
+.sidebar-no-results {
+  display: block;
+  margin: 0.5em var(--d-sidebar-row-horizontal-padding) 0
+    var(--d-sidebar-row-horizontal-padding);
+
+  &__title {
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+}
+
 .sidebar-search {
   width: 100%;
 
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 25886d02b1713..78edbfd6ec020 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -5096,6 +5096,11 @@ en:
         forum:
           label: Forum
       back_to_forum: "Back to Forum"
+      filter_links: "Filter links..."
+      clear_filter: "Clear filter"
+      no_results:
+        title: "No results"
+        description_admin_search: 'We couldn’t find anything matching ‘%{filter}’.'
       collapse_all_sections: "Collapse all sections"
       expand_all_sections: "Expand all sections"
       search: "Search"
diff --git a/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
index 7f8bde374d00d..86cbede331025 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin_sidebar_navigation_spec.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   let(:sidebar) { PageObjects::Components::NavigationMenu::Sidebar.new }
   let(:sidebar_dropdown) { PageObjects::Components::SidebarHeaderDropdown.new }
+  let(:filter) { PageObjects::Components::Filter.new }
 
   before do
     SiteSetting.navigation_menu = "sidebar"
@@ -158,5 +159,10 @@
         I18n.t("admin_js.admin.config.staff_action_logs.title"),
       ],
     )
+
+    filter.filter("watched")
+    links = page.all(".sidebar-section-link-content-text")
+    expect(links.count).to eq(1)
+    expect(links.map(&:text)).to eq(["Watched words"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/system/page_objects/components/filter.rb b/spec/system/page_objects/components/filter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3bcdd671e4a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/system/page_objects/components/filter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PageObjects
+  module Components
+    class Filter < PageObjects::Components::Base
+      def filter(text)
+        page.find(".sidebar-filter__input").fill_in(with: text)
+        self
+      end
+
+      def clear
+        page.find(".sidebar-filter__clear").click
+        self
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end