diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/np_ready/dashboard_constants.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/np_ready/dashboard_constants.ts
index fe42e079127999..0820ebd3710042 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/np_ready/dashboard_constants.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/np_ready/dashboard_constants.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export const DashboardConstants = {
   CREATE_NEW_DASHBOARD_URL: '/dashboard',
   ADD_EMBEDDABLE_ID: 'addEmbeddableId',
   ADD_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE: 'addEmbeddableType',
+  DASHBOARDS_ID: 'dashboards',
+  DASHBOARD_ID: 'dashboard',
 };
 
 export function createDashboardEditUrl(id: string) {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/plugin.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/plugin.ts
index 7d330676e79edc..7d64ee969212f4 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/plugin.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ export class DashboardPlugin implements Plugin {
     );
     const { appMounted, appUnMounted, stop: stopUrlTracker } = createKbnUrlTracker({
       baseUrl: core.http.basePath.prepend('/app/kibana'),
-      defaultSubUrl: '#/dashboards',
+      defaultSubUrl: `#${DashboardConstants.LANDING_PAGE_PATH}`,
+      shouldTrackUrlUpdate: pathname => {
+        const targetAppName = pathname.split('/')[1];
+        return (
+          targetAppName === DashboardConstants.DASHBOARDS_ID ||
+          targetAppName === DashboardConstants.DASHBOARD_ID
+        );
+      },
       storageKey: 'lastUrl:dashboard',
       navLinkUpdater$: this.appStateUpdater,
       toastNotifications: core.notifications.toasts,
@@ -150,15 +157,15 @@ export class DashboardPlugin implements Plugin {
     };
     kibanaLegacy.registerLegacyApp({
       ...app,
-      id: 'dashboard',
+      id: DashboardConstants.DASHBOARD_ID,
       // only register the updater in once app, otherwise all updates would happen twice
       updater$: this.appStateUpdater.asObservable(),
       navLinkId: 'kibana:dashboard',
     });
-    kibanaLegacy.registerLegacyApp({ ...app, id: 'dashboards' });
+    kibanaLegacy.registerLegacyApp({ ...app, id: DashboardConstants.DASHBOARDS_ID });
 
     home.featureCatalogue.register({
-      id: 'dashboard',
+      id: DashboardConstants.DASHBOARD_ID,
       title: i18n.translate('kbn.dashboard.featureCatalogue.dashboardTitle', {
         defaultMessage: 'Dashboard',
       }),
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.test.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.test.ts
index 4cf74d991ceb92..701154c06a2ff1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
   let navLinkUpdaterSubject: BehaviorSubject<(app: AppBase) => { activeUrl?: string } | undefined>;
   let toastService: jest.Mocked<ToastsSetup>;
 
-  function createTracker() {
+  function createTracker(shouldTrackUrlUpdate?: (pathname: string) => boolean) {
     urlTracker = createKbnUrlTracker({
       baseUrl: '/app/test',
       defaultSubUrl: '#/start',
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
       ],
       navLinkUpdater$: navLinkUpdaterSubject,
       toastNotifications: toastService,
+      shouldTrackUrlUpdate,
     });
   }
 
@@ -82,44 +83,44 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
   });
 
   test('set nav link to session storage value if defined', () => {
-    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/deep/path');
+    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
     createTracker();
-    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/deep/path');
+    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path');
   });
 
   test('set nav link to default if app gets mounted', () => {
-    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/deep/path');
+    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
     expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start');
   });
 
   test('keep nav link to default if path gets changed while app mounted', () => {
-    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/deep/path');
+    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
-    history.push('/deep/path/2');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/2');
     expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start');
   });
 
   test('change nav link to last visited url within app after unmount', () => {
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
-    history.push('/deep/path/2');
-    history.push('/deep/path/3');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/2');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/3');
     urlTracker.appUnMounted();
-    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/deep/path/3');
+    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path/3');
   });
 
   test('unhash all urls that are recorded while app is mounted', () => {
     (unhashUrl as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(x => x + '?unhashed');
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
-    history.push('/deep/path/2');
-    history.push('/deep/path/3');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/2');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/3');
     urlTracker.appUnMounted();
     expect(unhashUrl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/deep/path/3?unhashed');
+    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path/3?unhashed');
   });
 
   test('show warning and use hashed url if unhashing does not work', () => {
@@ -128,17 +129,17 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
     });
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
-    history.push('/deep/path/2');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/2');
     urlTracker.appUnMounted();
-    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/deep/path/2');
+    expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path/2');
     expect(toastService.addDanger).toHaveBeenCalledWith('unhash broke');
   });
 
   test('change nav link back to default if app gets mounted again', () => {
     createTracker();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
-    history.push('/deep/path/2');
-    history.push('/deep/path/3');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/2');
+    history.push('/start/deep/path/3');
     urlTracker.appUnMounted();
     urlTracker.appMounted();
     expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start');
@@ -151,11 +152,11 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
   });
 
   test('update state param without overwriting rest of the url when app is not mounted', () => {
-    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/deep/path?extrastate=1');
+    storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path?extrastate=1');
     createTracker();
     state1Subject.next({ key1: 'abc' });
     expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      `"/app/test#/deep/path?extrastate=1&state1=(key1:abc)"`
+      `"/app/test#/start/deep/path?extrastate=1&state1=(key1:abc)"`
     );
   });
 
@@ -184,7 +185,45 @@ describe('kbnUrlTracker', () => {
 
   test('set url to storage when setActiveUrl was called', () => {
     createTracker();
-    urlTracker.setActiveUrl('/deep/path/4');
-    expect(storage.getItem('storageKey')).toEqual('#/deep/path/4');
+    urlTracker.setActiveUrl('/start/deep/path/4');
+    expect(storage.getItem('storageKey')).toEqual('#/start/deep/path/4');
+  });
+
+  describe('shouldTrackUrlUpdate', () => {
+    test('change nav link when shouldTrackUrlUpdate is not overridden', () => {
+      storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
+      createTracker();
+      urlTracker.appMounted();
+      history.push('/start/path');
+      urlTracker.appUnMounted();
+      expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/path');
+    });
+
+    test('not change nav link when shouldTrackUrlUpdate is not overridden', () => {
+      storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
+      createTracker();
+      urlTracker.appMounted();
+      history.push('/setup/path/2');
+      urlTracker.appUnMounted();
+      expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path');
+    });
+
+    test('change nav link when shouldTrackUrlUpdate is overridden', () => {
+      storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
+      createTracker(() => true);
+      urlTracker.appMounted();
+      history.push('/setup/path/2');
+      urlTracker.appUnMounted();
+      expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/setup/path/2');
+    });
+
+    test('not change nav link when shouldTrackUrlUpdate is overridden', () => {
+      storage.setItem('storageKey', '#/start/deep/path');
+      createTracker(() => false);
+      urlTracker.appMounted();
+      history.push('/setup/path/2');
+      urlTracker.appUnMounted();
+      expect(getActiveNavLinkUrl()).toEqual('/app/test#/start/deep/path');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.ts
index 2edd135c184ecd..b778535a2d4287 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/state_management/url/kbn_url_tracker.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ export function createKbnUrlTracker({
   toastNotifications,
   history,
   storage,
+  shouldTrackUrlUpdate = pathname => {
+    const currentAppName = defaultSubUrl.slice(2); // cut hash and slash symbols
+    const targetAppName = pathname.split('/')[1];
+
+    return currentAppName === targetAppName;
+  },
 }: {
   /**
    * Base url of the current app. This will be used as a prefix for the
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ export function createKbnUrlTracker({
     stateUpdate$: Observable<unknown>;
   }>;
   /**
-   * Key used to store the current sub url in session storage. This key should only be used for one active url tracker at any given ntime.
+   * Key used to store the current sub url in session storage. This key should only be used for one active url tracker at any given time.
    */
   storageKey: string;
   /**
@@ -101,6 +107,13 @@ export function createKbnUrlTracker({
    * Storage object to use to persist currently active url. If this isn't provided, the browser wide session storage instance will be used.
    */
   storage?: Storage;
+  /**
+   * Checks if pathname belongs to current app. It's used in history listener to define whether it's necessary to set pathname as active url or not.
+   * The default implementation compares the app name to the first part of pathname. Consumers can override this function for more complex cases.
+   *
+   * @param {string} pathname A location's pathname which comes to history listener
+   */
+  shouldTrackUrlUpdate?: (pathname: string) => boolean;
 }): KbnUrlTracker {
   const historyInstance = history || createHashHistory();
   const storageInstance = storage || sessionStorage;
@@ -148,7 +161,9 @@ export function createKbnUrlTracker({
     unsubscribe();
     // track current hash when within app
     unsubscribeURLHistory = historyInstance.listen(location => {
-      setActiveUrl(location.pathname + location.search);
+      if (shouldTrackUrlUpdate(location.pathname)) {
+        setActiveUrl(location.pathname + location.search);
+      }
     });
   }