diff --git a/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts b/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
index 055fe8272e..d24832c1bc 100644
--- a/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
+++ b/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ export function update_topics_of_deleted_message_ids(message_ids: number[]): voi
     }
 }
 
-export function filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data: ConversationData): boolean {
+export function filters_should_hide_row(topic_data: ConversationData): boolean {
     const msg = message_store.get(topic_data.last_msg_id);
     assert(msg !== undefined);
 
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ export function inplace_rerender(topic_key: string): boolean {
     assert(topics_widget !== undefined);
     topics_widget.filter_and_sort();
     const current_topics_list = topics_widget.get_current_list();
-    if (is_topic_rendered && filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data)) {
+    if (is_topic_rendered && filters_should_hide_row(topic_data)) {
         // Since the row needs to be removed from DOM, we need to adjust `row_focus`
         // if the row being removed is focused and is the last row in the list.
         // This prevents the row_focus either being reset to the first row or
@@ -891,16 +891,16 @@ export function inplace_rerender(topic_key: string): boolean {
             row_focus = current_topics_list.length - 1;
         }
         topics_widget.remove_rendered_row($topic_row);
-    } else if (!is_topic_rendered && filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data)) {
+    } else if (!is_topic_rendered && filters_should_hide_row(topic_data)) {
         // In case `topic_row` is not present, our job is already done here
         // since it has not been rendered yet and we already removed it from
         // the filtered list in `topic_widget`. So, it won't be displayed in
         // the future too.
-    } else if (is_topic_rendered && !filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data)) {
+    } else if (is_topic_rendered && !filters_should_hide_row(topic_data)) {
         // Only a re-render is required in this case.
         topics_widget.render_item(topic_data);
     } else {
-        // Final case: !is_topic_rendered && !filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data).
+        // Final case: !is_topic_rendered && !filters_should_hide_row(topic_data).
         topics_widget.insert_rendered_row(topic_data, () =>
             current_topics_list.findIndex(
                 (list_item) => list_item.last_msg_id === topic_data.last_msg_id,
@@ -1195,10 +1195,10 @@ export function complete_rerender(): void {
             return render_recent_view_row(format_conversation(item));
         },
         filter: {
-            // We use update_filters_view & filters_should_hide_topic to do all the
+            // We use update_filters_view & filters_should_hide_row to do all the
             // filtering for us, which is called using click_handlers.
             predicate(topic_data) {
-                return !filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data);
+                return !filters_should_hide_row(topic_data);
             },
         },
         sort_fields: {
diff --git a/web/tests/recent_view.test.js b/web/tests/recent_view.test.js
index e1e4a72784..05cdcb8591 100644
--- a/web/tests/recent_view.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/recent_view.test.js
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     recent_view_util.set_visible(true);
     rt.process_messages([messages[0]]);
     assert.equal(
-        rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 1, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+        rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 1, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
         false,
     );
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     // stub_out_filter_buttons();
     // rt.process_messages([messages[9]]);
     // assert.equal(
-    //     rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 10, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+    //     rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 10, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
     //     true,
     // );
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     // stub_out_filter_buttons();
     // rt.process_messages([messages[11]]);
     // assert.equal(
-    //     rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 12, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+    //     rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 12, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
     //     true,
     // );
 
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     // stub_out_filter_buttons();
     // rt.process_messages([messages[12]]);
     // assert.equal(
-    //     rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 13, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+    //     rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 13, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
     //     false,
     // );
 
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     // stub_out_filter_buttons();
     // rt.process_messages([messages[13]]);
     // assert.equal(
-    //     rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 14, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+    //     rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 14, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
     //     false,
     // );
 
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ test("test_no_filter", ({mock_template}) => {
     rt.set_default_focus();
     $(".home-page-input").trigger("focus");
     assert.equal(
-        rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 1, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+        rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 1, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
         false,
     );
 });
@@ -690,9 +690,9 @@ test("test_filter_pm", ({mock_template}) => {
 
     rt.process_messages([private_messages[0]]);
 
-    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_topic({type: "private", last_msg_id: 15}), false);
-    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_topic({type: "private", last_msg_id: 16}), true);
-    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_topic({type: "private", last_msg_id: 17}), false);
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_row({type: "private", last_msg_id: 15}), false);
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_row({type: "private", last_msg_id: 16}), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(rt.filters_should_hide_row({type: "private", last_msg_id: 17}), false);
 });
 
 test("test_filter_participated", ({mock_template}) => {
@@ -750,14 +750,14 @@ test("test_filter_participated", ({mock_template}) => {
 
     $(".home-page-input").trigger("focus");
     assert.equal(
-        rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 4, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+        rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 4, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
         false,
     );
 
     // Set muted filter
     rt.set_filter("muted");
     assert.equal(
-        rt.filters_should_hide_topic({last_msg_id: 7, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
+        rt.filters_should_hide_row({last_msg_id: 7, participated: true, type: "stream"}),
         false,
     );
 
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ test("test_topic_edit", ({override}) => {
     messages[0].topic = topic8;
     rt.process_topic_edit(stream3, topic9, topic8, stream5);
     all_topics = rt_data.get_conversations();
-    assert.equal(rt.filters_should_hide_topic(all_topics.get("5:topic-8")), true);
+    assert.equal(rt.filters_should_hide_row(all_topics.get("5:topic-8")), true);
 });
 
 test("test_search", () => {