diff --git a/frontend/src/components/LogsFormatOptionsMenu/LogsFormatOptionsMenu.tsx b/frontend/src/components/LogsFormatOptionsMenu/LogsFormatOptionsMenu.tsx
index 740ceaf5b7f..91d6aa30aae 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/LogsFormatOptionsMenu/LogsFormatOptionsMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/LogsFormatOptionsMenu/LogsFormatOptionsMenu.tsx
@@ -417,11 +417,13 @@ export default function LogsFormatOptionsMenu({
 														{key}
 													</Tooltip>
 												</div>
-												<X
-													className="delete-btn"
-													size={14}
-													onClick={(): void => addColumn.onRemove(id as string)}
-												/>
+												{addColumn?.value?.length > 1 && (
+													<X
+														className="delete-btn"
+														size={14}
+														onClick={(): void => addColumn.onRemove(id as string)}
+													/>
+												)}
 											</div>
 										))}
 										{addColumn && addColumn?.value?.length === 0 && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/ExplorerOptions/ExplorerOptions.tsx b/frontend/src/container/ExplorerOptions/ExplorerOptions.tsx
index 85ce464db48..8645894dc2f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/ExplorerOptions/ExplorerOptions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/container/ExplorerOptions/ExplorerOptions.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import useErrorNotification from 'hooks/useErrorNotification';
 import { useHandleExplorerTabChange } from 'hooks/useHandleExplorerTabChange';
 import { useNotifications } from 'hooks/useNotifications';
 import { mapCompositeQueryFromQuery } from 'lib/newQueryBuilder/queryBuilderMappers/mapCompositeQueryFromQuery';
-import { cloneDeep, isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
+import { cloneDeep, isEqual, omit } from 'lodash-es';
 import {
 	Check,
 	ConciergeBell,
@@ -256,13 +256,17 @@ function ExplorerOptions({
 	const { handleExplorerTabChange } = useHandleExplorerTabChange();
 
 	const { options, handleOptionsChange } = useOptionsMenu({
-		storageKey: LOCALSTORAGE.TRACES_LIST_OPTIONS,
-		dataSource: DataSource.TRACES,
+		storageKey:
+			sourcepage === DataSource.TRACES
+				? LOCALSTORAGE.TRACES_LIST_OPTIONS
+				: LOCALSTORAGE.LOGS_LIST_OPTIONS,
+		dataSource: sourcepage,
 		aggregateOperator: StringOperators.NOOP,
 	});
 
 	type ExtraData = {
 		selectColumns?: BaseAutocompleteData[];
+		version?: number;
 	};
 
 	const updateOrRestoreSelectColumns = (
@@ -283,14 +287,20 @@ function ExplorerOptions({
 			console.error('Error parsing extraData:', error);
 		}
 
+		let backwardCompatibleOptions = options;
+
+		if (!extraData?.version) {
+			backwardCompatibleOptions = omit(options, 'version');
+		}
+
 		if (extraData.selectColumns?.length) {
 			handleOptionsChange({
-				...options,
+				...backwardCompatibleOptions,
 				selectColumns: extraData.selectColumns,
 			});
 		} else if (!isEqual(defaultTraceSelectedColumns, options.selectColumns)) {
 			handleOptionsChange({
-				...options,
+				...backwardCompatibleOptions,
 				selectColumns: defaultTraceSelectedColumns,
 			});
 		}
@@ -423,6 +433,7 @@ function ExplorerOptions({
 			extraData: JSON.stringify({
 				color,
 				selectColumns: options.selectColumns,
+				version: 1,
 			}),
 			notifications,
 			panelType: panelType || PANEL_TYPES.LIST,
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/constants.ts b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/constants.ts
index 7bf6a007d1d..2e3c20e7c74 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/constants.ts
@@ -5,31 +5,33 @@ import { FontSize, OptionsQuery } from './types';
 export const URL_OPTIONS = 'options';
 
 export const defaultOptionsQuery: OptionsQuery = {
-	selectColumns: [
-		{
-			key: 'timestamp',
-			dataType: DataTypes.String,
-			type: 'tag',
-			isColumn: true,
-			isJSON: false,
-			id: 'timestamp--string--tag--true',
-			isIndexed: false,
-		},
-		{
-			key: 'body',
-			dataType: DataTypes.String,
-			type: 'tag',
-			isColumn: true,
-			isJSON: false,
-			id: 'body--string--tag--true',
-			isIndexed: false,
-		},
-	],
+	selectColumns: [],
 	maxLines: 2,
 	format: 'raw',
 	fontSize: FontSize.SMALL,
 };
 
+export const defaultLogsSelectedColumns = [
+	{
+		key: 'timestamp',
+		dataType: DataTypes.String,
+		type: 'tag',
+		isColumn: true,
+		isJSON: false,
+		id: 'timestamp--string--tag--true',
+		isIndexed: false,
+	},
+	{
+		key: 'body',
+		dataType: DataTypes.String,
+		type: 'tag',
+		isColumn: true,
+		isJSON: false,
+		id: 'body--string--tag--true',
+		isIndexed: false,
+	},
+];
+
 export const defaultTraceSelectedColumns = [
 	{
 		key: 'serviceName',
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/types.ts b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/types.ts
index 2c57d66b283..b2382cd487d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/types.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface OptionsQuery {
 	maxLines: number;
 	format: LogViewMode;
 	fontSize: FontSize;
+	version?: number;
 }
 
 export interface InitialOptions
diff --git a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/useOptionsMenu.ts b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/useOptionsMenu.ts
index e81fca43aa4..93f99348fbd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/useOptionsMenu.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/container/OptionsMenu/useOptionsMenu.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 import { DataSource } from 'types/common/queryBuilder';
 
 import {
+	defaultLogsSelectedColumns,
 	defaultOptionsQuery,
 	defaultTraceSelectedColumns,
 	URL_OPTIONS,
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ const useOptionsMenu = ({
 			if (dataSource === DataSource.LOGS) {
 				// add timestamp and body to the list of attributes
 				return [
-					...defaultOptionsQuery.selectColumns,
+					...defaultLogsSelectedColumns,
 					...searchedAttributesData.payload.attributeKeys.filter(
 						(attribute) => attribute.key !== 'body',
 					),
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/LogsExplorer/index.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/LogsExplorer/index.tsx
index 5e4d1cf55f7..bbcbae311eb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/LogsExplorer/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/LogsExplorer/index.tsx
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ import QuickFilters from 'components/QuickFilters/QuickFilters';
 import { LOCALSTORAGE } from 'constants/localStorage';
 import LogExplorerQuerySection from 'container/LogExplorerQuerySection';
 import LogsExplorerViews from 'container/LogsExplorerViews';
+import {
+	defaultLogsSelectedColumns,
+	defaultOptionsQuery,
+	URL_OPTIONS,
+} from 'container/OptionsMenu/constants';
+import { OptionsQuery } from 'container/OptionsMenu/types';
 import LeftToolbarActions from 'container/QueryBuilder/components/ToolbarActions/LeftToolbarActions';
 import RightToolbarActions from 'container/QueryBuilder/components/ToolbarActions/RightToolbarActions';
 import Toolbar from 'container/Toolbar/Toolbar';
 import { useQueryBuilder } from 'hooks/queryBuilder/useQueryBuilder';
-import { isNull } from 'lodash-es';
+import useUrlQueryData from 'hooks/useUrlQueryData';
+import { isEqual, isNull } from 'lodash-es';
 import ErrorBoundaryFallback from 'pages/ErrorBoundaryFallback/ErrorBoundaryFallback';
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { DataSource } from 'types/common/queryBuilder';
@@ -73,6 +80,39 @@ function LogsExplorer(): JSX.Element {
 		}
 	}, [currentQuery.builder.queryData, currentQuery.builder.queryData.length]);
 
+	const {
+		queryData: optionsQueryData,
+		redirectWithQuery: redirectWithOptionsData,
+	} = useUrlQueryData<OptionsQuery>(URL_OPTIONS, defaultOptionsQuery);
+
+	const migrateOptionsQuery = (query: OptionsQuery): OptionsQuery => {
+		// If version is missing AND timestamp/body are not in selectColumns, this is an old URL
+		if (
+			!query.version &&
+			!query.selectColumns.some((col) => col.key === 'timestamp') &&
+			!query.selectColumns.some((col) => col.key === 'body')
+		) {
+			return {
+				...query,
+				version: 1,
+				selectColumns: [
+					// Add default timestamp and body columns
+					...defaultLogsSelectedColumns,
+					...query.selectColumns,
+				],
+			};
+		}
+		return query;
+	};
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const migratedQuery = migrateOptionsQuery(optionsQueryData);
+		// Only redirect if the query was actually modified
+		if (!isEqual(migratedQuery, optionsQueryData)) {
+			redirectWithOptionsData(migratedQuery);
+		}
+	}, [optionsQueryData, redirectWithOptionsData]);
+
 	const isMultipleQueries = useMemo(
 		() =>
 			currentQuery.builder.queryData?.length > 1 ||