diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/config/SaveFilter.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/config/SaveFilter.tid
index b08b934c0..72c1715eb 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/config/SaveFilter.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/config/SaveFilter.tid
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 title: $:/config/BrowserStorage/SaveFilter
-text: [prefix[$:/state/]]
+text: [prefix[$:/state/]] -[prefix[$:/state/popup/]]
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/settings.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/settings.tid
index 380a1bbac..b958914ca 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/settings.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/browser-storage/settings.tid
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Click this button to clear browser storage and disable its use:
 
 ! Save Filter
 
-This filter determines which tiddlers will be saved to local storage. By default, it contains `[prefix[$:/state/]]` to just save state tiddlers, thus preserving selected tabs, and the open/closed status of table of contents entries. Other useful values include `[all[]]` meaning that it will attempt to save all tiddlers.
+This filter determines which tiddlers will be saved to local storage. By default, it contains `[prefix[$:/state/]] -[prefix[$:/state/popup/]]` to just save state tiddlers except popup state tiddlers, thus preserving selected tabs, and the open/closed status of table of contents entries. Other useful values include `[all[]]` meaning that it will attempt to save all tiddlers.
 
 <$link to="$:/config/BrowserStorage/SaveFilter">Browser Storage Save Filter</$link>: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/config/BrowserStorage/SaveFilter" default="" tag="input" size="50"/>