diff --git a/core/src/components/app/app.tsx b/core/src/components/app/app.tsx
index c1c7e5366d9..9896d4bc8d0 100644
--- a/core/src/components/app/app.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/app/app.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getIonMode } from '../../global/ionic-global';
 })
 export class App implements ComponentInterface {
   private focusVisible?: FocusVisibleUtility;
+  private tapClickCleanup?: () => void;
   private loadTimeout?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
 
   @Element() el!: HTMLElement;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export class App implements ComponentInterface {
       this.rIC(async () => {
         const isHybrid = isPlatform(window, 'hybrid');
         if (!config.getBoolean('_testing')) {
-          import('../../utils/tap-click').then((module) => module.startTapClick(config));
+          import('../../utils/tap-click').then((module) => (this.tapClickCleanup = module.startTapClick(config)));
         }
         if (config.getBoolean('statusTap', isHybrid)) {
           import('../../utils/status-tap').then((module) => module.startStatusTap());
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ export class App implements ComponentInterface {
     if (this.loadTimeout) {
       clearTimeout(this.loadTimeout);
     }
+    if (this.focusVisible) {
+      this.focusVisible.destroy();
+      this.focusVisible = undefined;
+    }
+    if (this.tapClickCleanup) {
+      this.tapClickCleanup();
+      this.tapClickCleanup = undefined;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/utils/tap-click/index.ts b/core/src/utils/tap-click/index.ts
index c5a10595f47..cd018892682 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/tap-click/index.ts
+++ b/core/src/utils/tap-click/index.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ import { doc } from '@utils/browser';
 import type { Config } from '../../interface';
 import { pointerCoord } from '../helpers';
 
-export const startTapClick = (config: Config) => {
+let currentTapClickCleanup: (() => void) | undefined;
+
+export const startTapClick = (config: Config): (() => void) => {
   if (doc === undefined) {
-    return;
+    return () => {};
   }
 
+  currentTapClickCleanup?.();
+
   let lastActivated = 0;
 
   let activatableEle: HTMLElement | undefined;
@@ -137,6 +141,20 @@ export const startTapClick = (config: Config) => {
    * ion-content's scroll events.
    */
   doc.addEventListener('pointercancel', cancelActive, true);
+
+  const cleanup = () => {
+    doc.removeEventListener('ionGestureCaptured', cancelActive);
+    doc.removeEventListener('pointerdown', pointerDown, true);
+    doc.removeEventListener('pointerup', pointerUp, true);
+    doc.removeEventListener('pointercancel', cancelActive, true);
+    if (currentTapClickCleanup === cleanup) {
+      currentTapClickCleanup = undefined;
+    }
+  };
+
+  currentTapClickCleanup = cleanup;
+
+  return cleanup;
 };
 
 // TODO(FW-2832): type