diff --git a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.test.ts b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.test.ts
index a69542c689..2aa826fc9b 100644
--- a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.test.ts
+++ b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 vi.mock("recoil");
 vi.mock("recoil-relay");
 
-import { Field } from "@fiftyone/utilities";
-import { setMockAtoms, TestSelector } from "../../../../__mocks__/recoil";
+import { DICT_FIELD, Field, STRING_FIELD } from "@fiftyone/utilities";
+import { TestSelector, setMockAtoms } from "../../../../__mocks__/recoil";
 import * as sidebar from "./sidebar";
 
 const mockFields = {
@@ -566,3 +566,23 @@ describe("hiddenNoneGroups selector", () => {
     expect(testHiddenNoneGroups()).toStrictEqual(present);
   });
 });
+
+describe("collapsedPaths resolution", () => {
+  it("does not add valid list fields (i.e. with a primitive subfield)", () => {
+    setMockAtoms({
+      field: (path) =>
+        path === "dict_list"
+          ? { subfield: DICT_FIELD }
+          : { subfield: STRING_FIELD },
+      fieldPaths: ({ ftype }) =>
+        ftype === DICT_FIELD ? [] : ["dict_list", "string_list"],
+      fields: () => [],
+    });
+
+    const collapsed = <TestSelector<typeof sidebar.collapsedPaths>>(
+      (<unknown>sidebar.collapsedPaths)
+    );
+
+    expect(collapsed()).toStrictEqual(new Set(["dict_list"]));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.ts b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.ts
index d68c42865e..d92783dbdd 100644
--- a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.ts
+++ b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/sidebar.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   LABELS_PATH,
   LABEL_DOC_TYPES,
   LIST_FIELD,
+  UNSUPPORTED_FILTER_TYPES,
   VALID_LABEL_TYPES,
   VALID_PRIMITIVE_TYPES,
   withPath,
@@ -292,7 +293,6 @@ export const resolveGroups = (
     "other",
     fieldsMatcher(frameFields, () => true, present, "frames.")
   );
-
   return groups;
 };
 
@@ -761,11 +761,16 @@ export const isDisabledFilterPath = selectorFamily<boolean, string>({
       get(disabledFilterPaths).has(path),
 });
 
-const collapsedPaths = selector<Set<string>>({
+export const collapsedPaths = selector<Set<string>>({
   key: "collapsedPaths",
   get: ({ get }) => {
     let paths = [...get(fieldPaths({ ftype: DICT_FIELD }))];
-    paths = [...paths, ...get(fieldPaths({ ftype: LIST_FIELD }))];
+    paths = [
+      ...paths,
+      ...get(fieldPaths({ ftype: LIST_FIELD })).filter((path) =>
+        UNSUPPORTED_FILTER_TYPES.includes(get(field(path)).subfield)
+      ),
+    ];
 
     for (const { fields: fieldsData, name: prefix } of get(
       fields({ ftype: EMBEDDED_DOCUMENT_FIELD, space: State.SPACE.SAMPLE })
@@ -877,6 +882,7 @@ export const groupShown = selectorFamily<
         if (["tags"].includes(group)) {
           return null;
         }
+
         return (
           !data.paths.length ||
           !data.paths.every((path) => get(collapsedPaths).has(path))