diff --git a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
index 76dc150cc..e8e5689b3 100644
--- a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
+++ b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
@@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                             dialog.dismiss();
                             dialog = null;
                         }
+
+                        if (url.equals(new String("about:blank"))) {
+                            inAppWebView.onPause();
+                            inAppWebView.removeAllViews();
+                            inAppWebView.destroyDrawingCache();
+                            inAppWebView.destroy();
+                            inAppWebView = null;
+                        }
                     }
                 });
                 // NB: From SDK 19: "If you call methods on WebView from any thread