diff --git a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
index fb8aacf14923b5ac1084a5d247c90ede3f3ebe17..aee0c42647b2e23d20dc4ce7dbb6e1f019a776cd 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class RecyclerAjaxController {
 				$deletedRowsArray = $model->getDeletedRows();
 
 				$model = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(DeletedRecords::class);
-				$totalDeleted = $model->getTotalCount($this->conf['startUid'], $this->conf['table'], $this->conf['depth'], $this->conf['filter']);
+				$totalDeleted = $model->getTotalCount($this->conf['startUid'], $this->conf['table'], $this->conf['depth'], $this->conf['filterTxt']);
 
 				/* @var $controller DeletedRecordsController */
 				$controller = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(DeletedRecordsController::class);
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Recycler.js b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Recycler.js
index c2fb5601b4b7ddf2705d817ccfd84c2503a46e0b..742ac6cc2302f426535de6ffe4cb8593257fb3bb 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Recycler.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Recycler.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 /**
  * RequireJS module for Recycler
  */
-define(['jquery', 'nprogress'], function($, NProgress) {
+define(['jquery', 'nprogress', 'jquery/jquery.clearable'], function($, NProgress) {
 	var Recycler = {
 		identifiers: {
 			searchForm: '#recycler-form',
@@ -79,7 +79,14 @@ define(['jquery', 'nprogress'], function($, NProgress) {
 				Recycler.elements.$searchSubmitBtn.addClass('disabled');
 				Recycler.loadDeletedElements();
 			}
-		});
+		}).clearable(
+			{
+				onClear: function() {
+					Recycler.elements.$searchSubmitBtn.addClass('disabled');
+					Recycler.loadDeletedElements();
+				}
+			}
+		);
 
 		// changing "depth"
 		Recycler.elements.$depthSelector.on('change', function() {