diff --git a/config/install/trash.settings.yml b/config/install/trash.settings.yml
index 086db4488410845c7f1d382a43fa229939af4b80..4dc4a311b655bc2da715f11b45d56e0fe69bc121 100644
--- a/config/install/trash.settings.yml
+++ b/config/install/trash.settings.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ enabled_entity_types: {  }
 auto_purge:
   enabled: false
   after: '30 days'
+compact_overview: false
diff --git a/config/schema/trash.schema.yml b/config/schema/trash.schema.yml
index 1466373e9474db7b18e19a3091af1ca704aff0f2..8c80f7b2369cd7c8bfba095cdf59277484fe0fbb 100644
--- a/config/schema/trash.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/trash.schema.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ trash.settings:
           nullable: true
           constraints:
             ValidAutoPurgePeriod: []
+    compact_overview:
+      label: 'Simplify the Trash overview page when there are many entity types enabled'
+      type: boolean
diff --git a/js/trash.js b/js/trash.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a86b5fb1f214780378d7d7a52623d1f498b24f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/trash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Javascript functionality for the Trash overview page.
+ */
+
+(function (Drupal) {
+  /**
+   * Entity type selector on the Trash overview page.
+   */
+  Drupal.behaviors.trashSelectEntityType = {
+    attach(context) {
+      once("trash-select-entity-type", ".trash-entity-type", context).forEach(
+        (trigger) => {
+          trigger.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
+            window.location = Drupal.url('admin/content/trash/' + e.target.value);
+          });
+        },
+      );
+    },
+  };
+
+})(Drupal);
diff --git a/src/Controller/TrashController.php b/src/Controller/TrashController.php
index ca78ba8f7b5d5a5c531a04bbd5568c0c8b76cf9e..efbd5e0b332f793f93a60b60131e3b9377a93835 100644
--- a/src/Controller/TrashController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/TrashController.php
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ class TrashController extends ControllerBase implements ContainerInjectionInterf
    *   \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface::render().
    */
   protected function render(string $entity_type_id): array {
+    $options = [];
+    foreach ($this->trashManager->getEnabledEntityTypes() as $id) {
+      $options[$id] = (string) $this->entityTypeManager()->getDefinition($id)->getLabel();
+    }
+    $build['entity_type_id'] = [
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Entity type'),
+      '#options' => $options,
+      '#sort_options' => TRUE,
+      '#value' => $entity_type_id,
+      '#attributes' => [
+        'class' => ['trash-entity-type'],
+      ],
+      '#access' => (bool) $this->config('trash.settings')->get('compact_overview'),
+    ];
+
     $entity_type = $this->entityTypeManager()->getDefinition($entity_type_id);
     $build['table'] = [
       '#type' => 'table',
@@ -100,6 +116,7 @@ class TrashController extends ControllerBase implements ContainerInjectionInterf
     $build['pager'] = [
       '#type' => 'pager',
     ];
+    $build['#attached']['library'][] = 'trash/trash.admin';
 
     return $build;
   }
diff --git a/src/Form/TrashSettingsForm.php b/src/Form/TrashSettingsForm.php
index 5401ddcc8a2b61e23702ef5db9edc28a8284d9c4..f9dd5a8ad359ca941fe73037aa6e7be562f23d1b 100644
--- a/src/Form/TrashSettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/TrashSettingsForm.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlEntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\ConfigFormBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -148,6 +149,15 @@ class TrashSettingsForm extends ConfigFormBase {
       ],
     ];
 
+    $form['compact_overview'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Compact overview'),
+      '#config_target' => 'trash.settings:compact_overview',
+      '#description' => $this->t('Simplify the <a href=":url">Trash overview page</a> when there are many entity types enabled.', [
+        ':url' => Url::fromRoute('trash.admin_content_trash')->toString(),
+      ]),
+    ];
+
     $form['#attached']['library'][] = 'trash/trash.admin';
 
     return parent::buildForm($form, $form_state);
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Derivative/TrashLocalTasks.php b/src/Plugin/Derivative/TrashLocalTasks.php
index 9e4ea7bd548b17185d4788c02834f0cf25917ae7..a65331f5d2466d93a3564ba39449ee59c703861c 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Derivative/TrashLocalTasks.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Derivative/TrashLocalTasks.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Drupal\trash\Plugin\Derivative;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Derivative\DeriverBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDeriverInterface;
 use Drupal\trash\TrashManagerInterface;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class TrashLocalTasks extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
   public function __construct(
     protected EntityTypeManagerInterface $entityTypeManager,
     protected TrashManagerInterface $trashManager,
+    protected ConfigFactoryInterface $configFactory,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ class TrashLocalTasks extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
   public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $base_plugin_id) {
     return new static(
       $container->get('entity_type.manager'),
-      $container->get('trash.manager')
+      $container->get('trash.manager'),
+      $container->get('config.factory')
     );
   }
 
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ class TrashLocalTasks extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function getDerivativeDefinitions($base_plugin_definition) {
+    if ($this->configFactory->get('trash.settings')->get('compact_overview')) {
+      return ['trash' => $base_plugin_definition];
+    }
+
     $this->derivatives = [];
     $enabled_entity_types = $this->trashManager->getEnabledEntityTypes();
 
diff --git a/trash.install b/trash.install
index c776b8f2fc26dce97a6b77dab91878272ee5030d..60a03703d08e7003dff331567d2a6bb57e44f2b5 100644
--- a/trash.install
+++ b/trash.install
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ function trash_update_9301(): void {
     $config->save();
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Add the compact_overview configuration.
+ */
+function trash_update_10301(): void {
+  $config = \Drupal::configFactory()->getEditable('trash.settings');
+  $config->set('compact_overview', FALSE)->save();
+}
diff --git a/trash.libraries.yml b/trash.libraries.yml
index 2a26de1e76d8497555cf65088b518cb4270f9b48..57e19198ef5a96f2b900498d615ac322e1173ad9 100644
--- a/trash.libraries.yml
+++ b/trash.libraries.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ trash:
       css/trash.css: {}
 
 trash.admin:
+  js:
+    js/trash.js: {}
   css:
     base:
       css/trash.admin.css: {}
+  dependencies:
+    - core/drupal
+    - core/once