diff --git a/Awful.apk/src/main/java/com/ferg/awfulapp/webview/AwfulWebView.java b/Awful.apk/src/main/java/com/ferg/awfulapp/webview/AwfulWebView.java
index eddc3b230..a4418de89 100644
--- a/Awful.apk/src/main/java/com/ferg/awfulapp/webview/AwfulWebView.java
+++ b/Awful.apk/src/main/java/com/ferg/awfulapp/webview/AwfulWebView.java
@@ -116,6 +116,28 @@ public void onResume() {
         resumeTimers();
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Issue #562: the renderer process leaks when a WebView is dropped
+     * without an explicit destroy(), and the well-known fix is to
+     * detach from the parent first so Chromium can release its surface.
+     * Callers (fragments, activities) should invoke this from their
+     * own onDestroy() / onDestroyView().
+     */
+    public void release() {
+        if (jsInterface != null) {
+            removeJavascriptInterface(HANDLER_NAME_IN_JAVASCRIPT);
+            jsInterface = null;
+        }
+        loadUrl("about:blank");
+        clearHistory();
+        ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) getParent();
+        if (parent != null) {
+            parent.removeView(this);
+        }
+        destroy();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Connects a handler to the JavaScript functions added to HTML for threads, posts, messages etc.
      * <p>