diff --git a/.changeset/olive-planes-pay.md b/.changeset/olive-planes-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1997ce1c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-planes-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+Added `hidden` prop to `EntityTagPicker`, `EntityAutocompletePicker` and `UserListPicker`.
+Added `initialFilter` prop to `EntityTagPicker` to set an initial filter for the picker.
+Added `alwaysKeepFilters` prop to `UserListPicker` to prevent filters from resetting when no entities match the initial filters.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/report.api.md b/plugins/catalog-react/report.api.md
index b3495faf08..774898b47d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/report.api.md
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export type EntityAutocompletePickerProps<
   InputProps?: TextFieldProps;
   initialSelectedOptions?: string[];
   filtersForAvailableValues?: Array<keyof T>;
+  hidden?: boolean;
 };
 
 // @public
@@ -580,6 +581,8 @@ export const EntityTagPicker: (
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type EntityTagPickerProps = {
   showCounts?: boolean;
+  initialFilter?: string[];
+  hidden?: boolean;
 };
 
 // @public
@@ -818,12 +821,14 @@ export type UserListFilterKind = 'owned' | 'starred' | 'all';
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const UserListPicker: (
   props: UserListPickerProps,
-) => React_2.JSX.Element;
+) => React_2.JSX.Element | null;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type UserListPickerProps = {
   initialFilter?: UserListFilterKind;
   availableFilters?: UserListFilterKind[];
+  hidden?: boolean;
+  alwaysKeepFilters?: boolean;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.test.tsx
index f025c14011..5a8fae986f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.test.tsx
@@ -393,4 +393,22 @@ describe('<EntityAutocompletePicker/>', () => {
       }),
     );
   });
+
+  it("doesn't render when hidden", async () => {
+    const catalogApi = makeMockCatalogApi();
+    render(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[catalogApiRef, catalogApi]]}>
+        <MockEntityListContextProvider value={{}}>
+          <EntityAutocompletePicker<EntityFilters>
+            label="Options"
+            path="spec.options"
+            name="options"
+            Filter={EntityOptionFilter}
+            hidden
+          />
+        </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByText('Options')).toBeNull());
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.tsx
index 09b5c1e908..4fb9fee07a 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityAutocompletePicker/EntityAutocompletePicker.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export type EntityAutocompletePickerProps<
   InputProps?: TextFieldProps;
   initialSelectedOptions?: string[];
   filtersForAvailableValues?: Array<keyof T>;
+  hidden?: boolean;
 };
 
 /** @public */
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export function EntityAutocompletePicker<
     InputProps,
     initialSelectedOptions = [],
     filtersForAvailableValues = ['kind'],
+    hidden,
   } = props;
   const classes = useStyles();
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ export function EntityAutocompletePicker<
     return null;
   }
 
-  return (
+  return hidden ? null : (
     <Box className={classes.root} pb={1} pt={1}>
       <CatalogAutocomplete<string, true>
         multiple
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.test.tsx
index ca0c242b8b..81000d4fcf 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.test.tsx
@@ -260,4 +260,36 @@ describe('<EntityTagPicker/>', () => {
       }),
     );
   });
+
+  it('respects the initial filter value', async () => {
+    const updateFilters = jest.fn();
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[catalogApiRef, catalogApi]]}>
+        <MockEntityListContextProvider
+          value={{
+            updateFilters,
+          }}
+        >
+          <EntityTagPicker initialFilter={['tag3']} />
+        </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(updateFilters).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+        tags: new EntityTagFilter(['tag3']),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("doesn't render when hidden", async () => {
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[catalogApiRef, catalogApi]]}>
+        <MockEntityListContextProvider value={{}}>
+          <EntityTagPicker hidden />
+        </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByText('Tags')).toBeNull());
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.tsx
index 2ab3622474..06b8b06e6f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityTagPicker/EntityTagPicker.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export type CatalogReactEntityTagPickerClassKey = 'input';
 /** @public */
 export type EntityTagPickerProps = {
   showCounts?: boolean;
+  initialFilter?: string[];
+  hidden?: boolean;
 };
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ export const EntityTagPicker = (props: EntityTagPickerProps) => {
       Filter={EntityTagFilter}
       showCounts={props.showCounts}
       InputProps={{ className: classes.input }}
+      initialSelectedOptions={props.initialFilter ? props.initialFilter : []}
+      hidden={props.hidden}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.test.tsx
index 92b51786d0..2471ce5277 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.test.tsx
@@ -547,6 +547,35 @@ describe('<UserListPicker />', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('doesn\nt reset the filter to "all" when entities are loaded and alwaysKeepFilters is set to true', async () => {
+      mockCatalogApi.queryEntities?.mockImplementation(async request => {
+        if (
+          (
+            (request as QueryEntitiesInitialRequest).filter as Record<
+              string,
+              string
+            >
+          )['metadata.name']
+        ) {
+          return { items: [], totalItems: 0, pageInfo: {} };
+        }
+        return mockQueryEntitiesImplementation(request);
+      });
+
+      await renderInTestApp(
+        <Picker initialFilter="starred" alwaysKeepFilters />,
+      );
+
+      await waitFor(() =>
+        expect(updateFilters).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+          user: EntityUserFilter.starred([
+            'component:default/e-1',
+            'component:default/e-2',
+          ]),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
     describe(`when there are some owned entities present`, () => {
       it('does not reset the filter while entities are loading', async () => {
         mockCatalogApi.queryEntities?.mockImplementation(request => {
@@ -645,6 +674,25 @@ describe('<UserListPicker />', () => {
           }),
         );
       });
+
+      it("doesn't render when hidden", async () => {
+        await renderInTestApp(
+          <ApiProvider apis={apis}>
+            <MockEntityListContextProvider value={{}}>
+              <UserListPicker hidden />
+            </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+          </ApiProvider>,
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() =>
+          expect(mockIdentityApi.getBackstageIdentity).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+        await waitFor(() =>
+          expect(mockCatalogApi.queryEntities).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+        expect(screen.queryByText('Personal')).toBeNull();
+        expect(screen.queryByText('Test Company')).toBeNull();
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.tsx
index ce61229891..c97756dc1d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/UserListPicker.tsx
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ function getFilterGroups(
 export type UserListPickerProps = {
   initialFilter?: UserListFilterKind;
   availableFilters?: UserListFilterKind[];
+  hidden?: boolean;
+  alwaysKeepFilters?: boolean;
 };
 
 /** @public */
 export const UserListPicker = (props: UserListPickerProps) => {
-  const { initialFilter, availableFilters } = props;
+  const { initialFilter, availableFilters, hidden, alwaysKeepFilters } = props;
   const classes = useStyles();
   const configApi = useApi(configApiRef);
   const { t } = useTranslationRef(catalogReactTranslationRef);
@@ -198,11 +200,18 @@ export const UserListPicker = (props: UserListPickerProps) => {
       !loading &&
       !!selectedUserFilter &&
       selectedUserFilter !== 'all' &&
-      filterCounts[selectedUserFilter] === 0
+      filterCounts[selectedUserFilter] === 0 &&
+      !alwaysKeepFilters
     ) {
       setSelectedUserFilter('all');
     }
-  }, [loading, filterCounts, selectedUserFilter, setSelectedUserFilter]);
+  }, [
+    loading,
+    filterCounts,
+    selectedUserFilter,
+    setSelectedUserFilter,
+    alwaysKeepFilters,
+  ]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!selectedUserFilter) {
@@ -232,7 +241,7 @@ export const UserListPicker = (props: UserListPickerProps) => {
     loading,
   ]);
 
-  return (
+  return hidden ? null : (
     <Card className={classes.root}>
       {filterGroups.map(group => (
         <Fragment key={group.name}>