diff --git a/frontend/src/DesktopWorkspace.jsx b/frontend/src/DesktopWorkspace.jsx
index da8775c..e514379 100644
--- a/frontend/src/DesktopWorkspace.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/DesktopWorkspace.jsx
@@ -2770,6 +2770,8 @@ export const createDesktopSurface = ({
     onBulkReanalyze,
     folderOptions,
     onMoveDocumentsToFolder,
+    searchIncludeDescendants,
+    onToggleSearchIncludeDescendants,
   } = workspaceProps;
 
   const title = Array.isArray(searchResults) ? 'Search results' : currentFolderName;
@@ -2786,6 +2788,8 @@ export const createDesktopSurface = ({
     onViewModeChange,
     onRefresh,
     onShowDeskHelp: viewMode === 'desk' ? workspaceProps?.onOpenHelp : null,
+    includeDescendants: searchIncludeDescendants,
+    onToggleIncludeDescendants: onToggleSearchIncludeDescendants,
   });
 
   const floatingActions = selectionCount > 0
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/AppLayout.jsx b/frontend/src/app/AppLayout.jsx
index 2b28eff..b445161 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/AppLayout.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/AppLayout.jsx
@@ -3024,6 +3024,13 @@ const AppLayout = () => {
         }
 
         if (uniqueIdSet.size) {
+          setSearchResults((prev) => {
+            if (!Array.isArray(prev) || !prev.length) {
+              return prev;
+            }
+            const filtered = prev.filter((doc) => doc && !uniqueIdSet.has(doc.id));
+            return filtered.length === prev.length ? prev : filtered;
+          });
           setDocuments((prev) => prev.filter((doc) => !uniqueIdSet.has(doc.id)));
           setFolderContents((prev) => {
             if (!prev.size) {
@@ -5063,6 +5070,8 @@ const AppLayout = () => {
       onBulkReanalyze: handleBulkSelectionReanalyze,
       folderOptions,
       onMoveDocumentsToFolder: moveDocumentsToFolder,
+      searchIncludeDescendants,
+      onToggleSearchIncludeDescendants: toggleSearchIncludeDescendants,
     }),
     [
       documents,
@@ -5105,6 +5114,8 @@ const AppLayout = () => {
       handleBulkSelectionReanalyze,
       folderOptions,
       moveDocumentsToFolder,
+      searchIncludeDescendants,
+      toggleSearchIncludeDescendants,
     ],
   );