diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarView.java
index 6b9f5a9..e4e97e5 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarView.java
@@ -402,6 +402,16 @@
         view.setTag(null);
     }
 
+    /** Loop through all {@link FolderIcon} as child views and clear listeners to avoid leak. */
+    public void removeFolderIconListeners() {
+        final int childCount = getChildCount();
+        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
+            if (getChildAt(i) instanceof FolderIcon fi) {
+                fi.removeListeners();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Inflates/binds the hotseat items and recent tasks to the view. */
     protected void updateItems(ItemInfo[] hotseatItemInfos, List<GroupTask> recentTasks) {
         // Filter out unsupported items.
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
index e0be39d..0f05887 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@
         if (enableTaskbarPinning()) {
             mTaskbarView.removeOnLayoutChangeListener(mTaskbarViewLayoutChangeListener);
         }
+        mTaskbarView.removeFolderIconListeners();
         LauncherAppState.getInstance(mActivity).getModel().removeCallbacks(mModelCallbacks);
         mActivity.removeOnDeviceProfileChangeListener(mDeviceProfileChangeListener);
     }