diff --git a/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/components/common/layout-container/top-navbar.tsx/navbar.tsx b/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/components/common/layout-container/top-navbar.tsx/navbar.tsx
index 9e120d3135..6eb09239a7 100644
--- a/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/components/common/layout-container/top-navbar.tsx/navbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/components/common/layout-container/top-navbar.tsx/navbar.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
     getTokenFromCookie,
     getUserRoles,
     removeCookiesAndLogout,
+    clearAllClientStorage,
 } from '@/lib/auth/sessionUtility';
 import { useNavigate } from '@tanstack/react-router';
 import { useInstituteDetailsStore } from '@/stores/students/students-list/useInstituteDetailsStore';
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ export function Navbar({ showMobileBackButton }: { showMobileBackButton?: boolea
         resetChapterSidebarStore();
 
         removeCookiesAndLogout(); // Ensure logout completes
+        clearAllClientStorage(); // Wipe localStorage + sessionStorage on explicit user logout
         navigate({
             to: '/login',
         });
diff --git a/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts b/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
index c52ef2ffd3..6434c332c0 100644
--- a/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
+++ b/frontend-admin-dashboard/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,33 @@ const removeCookiesAndLogout = (): void => {
     Cookies.remove(TokenKey.refreshToken, { domain: SSO_CONFIG.SHARED_DOMAIN });
 };
 
+// Full client-side storage wipe — only call from user-initiated logout flows,
+// NOT from axios interceptors or token-refresh failure handlers, since those
+// fire on transient 401s during page load and would blank the app on refresh.
+// Preserves theme keys so the user's visual preference survives logout/login.
+const LOGOUT_PRESERVED_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS = ['theme-code', 'theme-custom-color'] as const;
+
+const clearAllClientStorage = (): void => {
+    try {
+        const preserved: Record<string, string> = {};
+        for (const key of LOGOUT_PRESERVED_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS) {
+            const value = localStorage.getItem(key);
+            if (value !== null) preserved[key] = value;
+        }
+        localStorage.clear();
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(preserved)) {
+            localStorage.setItem(key, value);
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.warn('Failed to clear localStorage during logout:', error);
+    }
+    try {
+        sessionStorage.clear();
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.warn('Failed to clear sessionStorage during logout:', error);
+    }
+};
+
 // Debug function to check token status
 const debugTokenStatus = (): void => {
     const accessToken = getTokenFromCookie(TokenKey.accessToken);
@@ -298,6 +325,7 @@ const debugTokenStatus = (): void => {
 export {
     refreshTokens,
     removeCookiesAndLogout,
+    clearAllClientStorage,
     setAuthorizationCookie,
     getTokenFromCookie,
     isTokenExpired,
diff --git a/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts b/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
index dce2cc30c5..4366607f1d 100644
--- a/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
+++ b/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/lib/auth/sessionUtility.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,41 @@ const removeTokensAndLogout = async (): Promise<void> => {
   console.log("User logged out.");
 };
 
+// Full client-side storage wipe — only call from user-initiated logout flows,
+// NOT from axios interceptors or token-refresh failure handlers, since those
+// fire on transient 401s during page load and would blank the app on refresh.
+// Preserves:
+//   - InstituteId: needed for comparison in courses (same pattern as Capacitor
+//     Storage cleanup in removeTokensAndLogout above)
+//   - theme-code / theme-custom-color: user's visual preference, restored on
+//     app boot in providers/theme/theme-provider.tsx
+const LOGOUT_PRESERVED_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS = [
+  "InstituteId",
+  "theme-code",
+  "theme-custom-color",
+] as const;
+
+const clearAllClientStorage = (): void => {
+  try {
+    const preserved: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const key of LOGOUT_PRESERVED_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS) {
+      const value = localStorage.getItem(key);
+      if (value !== null) preserved[key] = value;
+    }
+    localStorage.clear();
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(preserved)) {
+      localStorage.setItem(key, value);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("Failed to clear localStorage during logout:", error);
+  }
+  try {
+    sessionStorage.clear();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("Failed to clear sessionStorage during logout:", error);
+  }
+};
+
 // Get access token from storage
 export const getAccessToken = async () => {
   const { value } = await Storage.get({ key: "accessToken" });
@@ -339,6 +374,7 @@ const handleSSOLogin = (): boolean => {
 export {
   refreshTokens,
   removeTokensAndLogout,
+  clearAllClientStorage,
   setTokenInStorage,
   getTokenFromStorage,
   isTokenExpired,
diff --git a/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/routes/logout/index.tsx b/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/routes/logout/index.tsx
index 810ed04d6f..b59b578cbd 100644
--- a/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/routes/logout/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend-learner-dashboard-app/src/routes/logout/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createFileRoute } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { removeTokensAndLogout } from "@/lib/auth/sessionUtility";
+import { removeTokensAndLogout, clearAllClientStorage } from "@/lib/auth/sessionUtility";
 import { pushNotificationService } from "@/services/push-notifications/push-notification-service";
 import { useNavigate } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { NAMING_SETTINGS_KEY } from "@/types/naming-settings";
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function RouteComponent() {
     clearAll(); // Clear drip conditions on logout
     pushNotificationService.deactivateToken().catch(() => {});
     removeTokensAndLogout();
+    clearAllClientStorage(); // Wipe localStorage + sessionStorage on explicit user logout
   }, [clearAll]);
 
   // After logout, navigate once domain routing has resolved (or honor explicit redirect)