diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/multifilter-search.html b/layouts/shortcodes/multifilter-search.html
index 2e77321cfa300..97fad981457ec 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/multifilter-search.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/multifilter-search.html
@@ -185,15 +185,18 @@
           {{ $table.Set "filter_info" "" }}
           {{ $table.Set "search_info" "" }}
           {{ range $k, $v := ($table.Get "filter_keys") }}
-            {{ $table.Add "filter_info" (printf (cond (not $k) "%s" ",%s") (index $row $v)) }}
+            {{/*  Removes markdown link syntax if it exists  */}}
+            {{ $clean_value := replaceRE `\[(.*)\]\(.*\)` "$1" (index $row $v) }}
+            {{ $table.Add "filter_info" (printf (cond (not $k) "%s" ",%s") $clean_value) }}
           {{ end }}
           
           {{ range $table.Get "search_keys" }}
-              {{ $table.Add "search_info" (printf ";%s" (index $row (.|lower))) }}
+            {{/*  Removes markdown link syntax if it exists  */}}
+            {{ $clean_value := replaceRE `\[(.*)\]\(.*\)` "$1" (index $row (.|lower)) }}
+            {{ $table.Add "search_info" (printf ";%s" $clean_value) }}
           {{ end }}
 
           {{ $all_info := print ($table.Get "filter_info") ($table.Get "search_info") }}
-
           <tr 
           data-id='{{print "record-" $idx}}'
           data-info="{{ $all_info }}"
@@ -289,19 +292,21 @@
                     </div>
 
                     {{ range (index ($navigation.Get "dropdown") $h.name) | sort  }}
-                      {{ $id := (printf "%s-%s" . $filter_type) | anchorize }}
+                      {{/*  Removes markdown link syntax if it exists  */}}
+                      {{ $clean_value := replaceRE `\[(.*)\]\(.*\)` "$1" . }}
+                      {{ $id := (printf "%s-%s" $clean_value $filter_type) | anchorize }}
                       <div class="filter-selection-container">
                           <input 
                           id='{{ $id }}' 
                           type="checkbox" 
-                          value='{{ . }}' 
+                          value='{{ $clean_value }}' 
                           x-model="filterTypes['{{$filter_type}}']"
                           @change="resetFilteredSet"
-                          @change.debounce="pushState('{{ $filter_type }}', '{{ . }}')"
+                          @change.debounce="pushState('{{ $filter_type }}', '{{ $clean_value }}')"
                           >  
                           
                           <label for="{{ $id }}" class="d-flex align-items-center">
-                              {{.}}
+                              {{$clean_value}}
                           </label>
                       </div>
                     {{ end }}