diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/alert/AlertDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/alert/AlertDirective.js
index 449f8563f6d..f1406c99c4f 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/alert/AlertDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/alert/AlertDirective.js
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
           }
         }
       };
+
+      this.closeAlerts = function () {
+        if (gnAlertValue.length) {
+          gnAlertValue.splice(0, gnAlertValue.length);
+        }
+      };
     }
   ]);
 
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/map/mapService.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/map/mapService.js
index 9c6ebc03599..a2af666d1f6 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/map/mapService.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/common/map/mapService.js
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@
               } else {
                 gnAlertService.addAlert({
                   msg: $translate.instant("layerCRSNotFound"),
-                  delay: 5000,
+                  delay: 5,
                   type: "warning"
                 });
               }
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@
                   msg: $translate.instant("layerNotAvailableInMapProj", {
                     proj: mapProjection
                   }),
-                  delay: 5000,
+                  delay: 5,
                   type: "warning"
                 });
               }
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@
                         type: "wmts",
                         url: encodeURIComponent(url)
                       }),
-                      delay: 20000,
+                      delay: 20,
                       type: "warning"
                     });
                     var o = {
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@
                       type: "wfs",
                       url: encodeURIComponent(url)
                     }),
-                    delay: 20000,
+                    delay: 20,
                     type: "warning"
                   });
                   var o = {
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@
               } catch (e) {
                 gnAlertService.addAlert({
                   msg: $translate.instant("wmtsLayerNoUsableMatrixSet"),
-                  delay: 5000,
+                  delay: 5,
                   type: "danger"
                 });
                 return;
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/resultsview/SelectionDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/resultsview/SelectionDirective.js
index 500ece65fd0..ae8fedf50bb 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/resultsview/SelectionDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/resultsview/SelectionDirective.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                   function (r) {
                     gnAlertService.addAlert({
                       msg: r.data.message || r.data.description,
-                      delay: 20000,
+                      delay: 20,
                       type: "danger"
                     });
                     if (r.id) {
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/searchmanager/LocationService.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/searchmanager/LocationService.js
index c04e9b9ff4b..7d1a9c252e4 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/searchmanager/LocationService.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/search/searchmanager/LocationService.js
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@
         return p.indexOf(this.METADATA) == 0 || p.indexOf(this.DRAFT) == 0;
       };
 
-      this.isMap = function () {
-        return $location.path() == this.MAP;
+      this.isMap = function (path) {
+        var p = path || $location.path();
+        return p == this.MAP;
       };
 
-      this.isHome = function () {
-        return $location.path() == this.HOME;
+      this.isHome = function (path) {
+        var p = path || $location.path();
+        return p == this.HOME;
       };
 
       this.isUndefined = function () {
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/ViewerDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/ViewerDirective.js
index cb6f63ed0fe..150d12bf1a4 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/ViewerDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/ViewerDirective.js
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
                             }),
                             type: "success"
                           },
-                          5000
+                          5
                         );
                       }
                     },
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
                           url: config.url,
                           extent: extent ? extent.join(",") : ""
                         }),
-                        delay: 5000,
+                        delay: 5,
                         type: "warning"
                       });
                       // TODO: You may want to add more than one time
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/wmsimport/WmsImportDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/wmsimport/WmsImportDirective.js
index bdc1eb1f285..9d4dec15053 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/wmsimport/WmsImportDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/viewer/wmsimport/WmsImportDirective.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                     }),
                     type: "success"
                   },
-                  4
+                  15
                 );
                 gnMap.feedLayerMd(layer);
                 return layer;
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/DirectoryController.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/DirectoryController.js
index 280d0e27e36..3baa7a89bd0 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/DirectoryController.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/DirectoryController.js
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
           .then(refreshEntriesInfo, function (e) {
             gnAlertService.addAlert({
               msg: $translate.instant("directoryEntry-removeError-referenced"),
-              delay: 5000,
+              delay: 5,
               type: "danger"
             });
           });
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/views/default/module.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/views/default/module.js
index a3e72354245..74a74fc1c7a 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/views/default/module.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/views/default/module.js
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
             msg: $translate.instant("layerProtocolNotSupported", {
               type: link.protocol
             }),
-            delay: 20000,
+            delay: 20,
             type: "warning"
           });
           return;
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
       setActiveTab();
       $scope.$on("$locationChangeSuccess", setActiveTab);
 
-      $scope.$on("$locationChangeSuccess", function (next, current) {
+      $scope.$on("$locationChangeSuccess", function (event, next, current) {
         if (
           gnSearchLocation.isSearch() &&
           (!angular.isArray(searchMap.getSize()) || searchMap.getSize()[0] < 0)
@@ -545,6 +545,15 @@
             searchMap.updateSize();
           }, 0);
         }
+
+        // Changing from the map to search pages, hide alerts
+        var currentUrlHash =
+          current.indexOf("#") > -1 ? current.slice(current.indexOf("#") + 1) : "";
+        if (gnSearchLocation.isMap(currentUrlHash)) {
+          setTimeout(function () {
+            gnAlertService.closeAlerts();
+          }, 0);
+        }
       });
 
       var sortConfig = gnSearchSettings.sortBy.split("#");