diff --git a/cypress/e2e/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/snapshots_spec.js b/cypress/e2e/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/snapshots_spec.js
index b8cb8048b..38c77a620 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/snapshots_spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/snapshots_spec.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ describe("Snapshots", () => {
 
   describe("Snapshot can be restored", () => {
     it("Successfully restores indexes from snapshot", () => {
+      cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/app/${IM_PLUGIN_NAME}#/snapshots`);
       // Wait for snapshot to be created successfully with a 12sec timeout
       cy.get(`[data-test-subj="refreshButton"]`, { timeout: 12000 })
         .should("be.visible")
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ describe("Snapshots", () => {
 
   describe("Snapshot can be deleted", () => {
     it("deletes snapshot successfully", () => {
+      cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/app/${IM_PLUGIN_NAME}#/snapshots`);
       // Select test snapshot
       cy.get(`[data-test-subj="checkboxSelectRow-test_repo:test_snapshot"]`).check({ force: true });
 
diff --git a/cypress/utils/commands.js b/cypress/utils/commands.js
index 4dd68a224..020849d46 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/utils/commands.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("login", () => {
 
 Cypress.Commands.add("deleteAllIndices", () => {
   cy.log("Deleting all indexes");
-  cy.request("DELETE", `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/index*,sample*,opensearch_dashboards*`);
+  cy.request("DELETE", `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/test_index_*,index*,sample*,opensearch_dashboards*`);
   cy.request("DELETE", `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/.opendistro-ism*?expand_wildcards=all`);
 });