diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/dataview-item.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/dataview-item.js
index 0b5f93546875e5..61779a5c459a10 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/dataview-item.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/dataview-item.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function DataViewItem( {
 	suffix,
 } ) {
 	const {
-		params: { postType, layout },
+		params: { postType, layout, activeView: previousView },
 	} = useLocation();
 
 	const iconToUse =
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default function DataViewItem( {
 	}
 	const linkInfo = useLink( {
 		postType,
-		layout,
+		layout: type !== 'list' || previousView === 'trash' ? type : layout,
 		activeView,
 		isCustom: isCustom ? 'true' : undefined,
 	} );
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/default-views.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/default-views.js
index 6c98ec7346488a..3803988cdf8c4f 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/default-views.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/default-views.js
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export function useDefaultViews( { postType } ) {
 					icon: trash,
 					view: {
 						...DEFAULT_POST_BASE,
+						type: LAYOUT_TABLE,
 						filters: [
 							{
 								field: 'status',