diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataViews/index.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataViews/index.tsx
index 14caa258c3b..c8b28396e5c 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataViews/index.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataViews/index.tsx
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ function LoadedDataViewFromTable({
       restoreScrollTopRef.current = resultsScrollRef.current.scrollTop;
     setRefreshToken((token) => token + 1);
   }, []);
+  const handleMerged = React.useCallback((): void => {
+    /*
+     * Merging removes the selected records. Clear the preview before the
+     * refreshed results arrive so it does not try to load deleted records.
+     */
+    setSelectedIds([]);
+    setSelectedIndex(0);
+    handleRefresh();
+  }, [handleRefresh]);
   const handleCloseQueryEditor = (): void => setQueryData(undefined);
   const handleOpenQueryEditor = (): void => {
     setIsQueryDirty(false);
@@ -282,6 +291,11 @@ function LoadedDataViewFromTable({
       createRecordSet={undefined}
       extraButtons={undefined}
       onReRun={handleRefresh}
+      onDeleted={(): void => {
+        setSelectedIds([]);
+        setSelectedIndex(0);
+      }}
+      onMerged={handleMerged}
       onSortChange={(newFields): void => {
         setRuntimeFields(unParseQueryFields(table.name, newFields));
         setQueryRunCount((count) => count + 1);
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Results.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Results.tsx
index 4425b871b31..d673aade458 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Results.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Results.tsx
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ export type QueryResultsProps = {
   readonly tableClassName?: string;
   readonly selectedRows: GetSet<ReadonlySet<number>>;
   readonly onResults?: (results: RA<QueryResultRow | undefined>) => void;
+  readonly onDeleted?: (recordId: number) => void;
+  readonly onMerged?: () => void;
   readonly scrollRef?: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
   readonly restoreScrollTopRef?: React.MutableRefObject<number | undefined>;
   readonly refreshToken?: number;
@@ -113,12 +115,14 @@ export function QueryResults(props: QueryResultsProps): JSX.Element {
     onSelected: handleSelected,
     onSortChange: handleSortChange,
     onReRun: handleReRun,
+    onMerged: handleMerged,
     createRecordSet,
     extraButtons,
     containerClassName = '',
     tableClassName = '',
     selectedRows: [selectedRows, setSelectedRows],
     onResults: handleResults,
+    onDeleted: handleDeleted,
     scrollRef,
     restoreScrollTopRef,
     refreshToken,
@@ -497,8 +501,11 @@ export function QueryResults(props: QueryResultsProps): JSX.Element {
               <RecordMergingLink
                 selectedRows={selectedRows}
                 table={table}
-                onDeleted={handleDelete}
-                onMerged={handleReRun}
+                onDeleted={(recordId): void => {
+                  handleDelete(recordId);
+                  handleDeleted?.(recordId);
+                }}
+                onMerged={handleMerged ?? handleReRun}
               />
             ) : undefined}
             {hasToolPermission('recordSets', 'create') && totalCount !== 0 ? (
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/ResultsWrapper.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/ResultsWrapper.tsx
index d235b929fdf..fbb3aaea887 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/ResultsWrapper.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/ResultsWrapper.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ export function QueryResultsWrapper({
   extraButtons,
   onSelected: handleSelected,
   onResults: handleResults,
+  onDeleted: handleDeleted,
   onReRun: handleReRun,
+  onMerged: handleMerged,
   refreshToken,
   splitPane,
   splitHorizontal,
@@ -66,9 +68,11 @@ export function QueryResultsWrapper({
         <QueryResults
           {...newProps}
           onResults={handleResults}
+          onDeleted={handleDeleted}
           createRecordSet={createRecordSet}
           extraButtons={extraButtons}
           onReRun={handleReRun}
+          onMerged={handleMerged}
           onSelected={handleSelected}
           refreshToken={refreshToken}
         />
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ type ResultsProps = {
   readonly containerClassName?: string;
   readonly tableClassName?: string;
   readonly onResults?: (results: RA<QueryResultRow | undefined>) => void;
+  readonly onDeleted?: (recordId: number) => void;
+  readonly onMerged?: () => void;
   readonly scrollRef?: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
   readonly restoreScrollTopRef?: React.MutableRefObject<number | undefined>;
   readonly resultsRef?: React.MutableRefObject<
@@ -177,6 +183,7 @@ export function useQueryResultsWrapper({
   tableClassName,
   onSortChange: handleSortChange,
   onResults: handleResults,
+  onMerged: handleMerged,
   selectedRows: [selectedRows, setSelectedRows],
   scrollRef,
   restoreScrollTopRef,
@@ -260,6 +267,7 @@ export function useQueryResultsWrapper({
           fieldSpecs,
           initialData,
           onResults: handleResults,
+          onMerged: handleMerged,
           scrollRef,
           restoreScrollTopRef,
           sortConfig: queryFields
@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@ export function useQueryResultsWrapper({
     queryResource,
     queryRunCount,
     recordSetId,
+    handleMerged,
   ]);
 
   return props === undefined