diff --git a/src/app/history/history.tsx b/src/app/history/history.tsx
index b64858f4..8b217f92 100644
--- a/src/app/history/history.tsx
+++ b/src/app/history/history.tsx
@@ -512,20 +512,8 @@ class HistoryView extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
-                            <div className="allow-meta search-checkbox hoverEffect">
-                                <div className="checkbox-container">
-                                    <input
-                                        onChange={this.toggleShowMeta}
-                                        type="checkbox"
-                                        checked={hvm.searchShowMeta.get()}
-                                    />
-                                </div>
-                                <div onClick={this.toggleShowMeta} className="checkbox-text">
-                                    Show MetaCmds
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
                             <div className="fromts">
-                                <div onClick={this.toggleShowMeta} className="fromts-text">
+                                <div className="fromts-text">
                                     From:&nbsp;
                                 </div>
                                 <div className="hoverEffect">
diff --git a/src/model/model.ts b/src/model/model.ts
index c4eaf355..89b81485 100644
--- a/src/model/model.ts
+++ b/src/model/model.ts
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ class HistoryViewModel {
     searchRemoteId: OV<string> = mobx.observable.box(null, {
         name: "historyview-searchRemoteId",
     });
-    searchShowMeta: OV<boolean> = mobx.observable.box(false, {
+    searchShowMeta: OV<boolean> = mobx.observable.box(true, {
         name: "historyview-searchShowMeta",
     });
     searchFromDate: OV<string> = mobx.observable.box(null, {
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ class HistoryViewModel {
             this.searchSessionId.set(null);
             this.searchRemoteId.set(null);
             this.searchFromDate.set(null);
-            this.searchShowMeta.set(false);
+            this.searchShowMeta.set(true);
             this.searchFilterCmds.set(true);
         })();
         GlobalCommandRunner.historyView(this._getSearchParams(0, 0));