diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
index bbcb9f9628..0e43f420ab 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
@@ -1181,13 +1181,8 @@ export default class MainBackground {
     //Needs to be checked before state is cleaned
     const needStorageReseed = await this.needsStorageReseed();
 
-    const currentUserId = await this.stateService.getUserId();
     const newActiveUser = await this.stateService.clean({ userId: userId });
 
-    if (userId == null || userId === currentUserId) {
-      await this.searchService.clearIndex();
-    }
-
     await this.stateEventRunnerService.handleEvent("logout", userId);
 
     if (newActiveUser != null) {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/app.component.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/app.component.ts
index 257921e2ad..b2b44e6b21 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // This must come last otherwise the logout will prematurely trigger
     // a process reload before all the state service user data can be cleaned up
     if (userBeingLoggedOut === preLogoutActiveUserId) {
-      await this.searchService.clearIndex();
       this.authService.logOut(async () => {
         if (expired) {
           this.platformUtilsService.showToast(
diff --git a/libs/common/src/services/search.service.ts b/libs/common/src/services/search.service.ts
index 429992b076..38ddfe0e47 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/services/search.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/services/search.service.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const LUNR_SEARCH_INDEX = new UserKeyDefinition<SerializedLunrIndex>(
   "searchIndex",
   {
     deserializer: (obj: Jsonify<SerializedLunrIndex>) => obj,
-    clearOn: ["lock"],
+    clearOn: ["lock", "logout"],
   },
 );
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const LUNR_SEARCH_INDEXED_ENTITY_ID = new UserKeyDefinition<IndexedEntity
   "searchIndexedEntityId",
   {
     deserializer: (obj: Jsonify<IndexedEntityId>) => obj,
-    clearOn: ["lock"],
+    clearOn: ["lock", "logout"],
   },
 );
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const LUNR_SEARCH_INDEXING = new UserKeyDefinition<boolean>(
   "isIndexing",
   {
     deserializer: (obj: Jsonify<boolean>) => obj,
-    clearOn: ["lock"],
+    clearOn: ["lock", "logout"],
   },
 );