diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Debugging/Prefabs/Scripts/DebugUIHandlerBitField.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Debugging/Prefabs/Scripts/DebugUIHandlerBitField.cs
index faba2cbe0a5..5c3522d4f1a 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Debugging/Prefabs/Scripts/DebugUIHandlerBitField.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Debugging/Prefabs/Scripts/DebugUIHandlerBitField.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.UI
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// DebugUIHandler for Bitfield widget. Require the enum to have a None field set to 0 in it's values.
+    /// DebugUIHandler for Bitfield widget. Require the enum to have a None field set to 0 in its values.
     /// </summary>
     public class DebugUIHandlerBitField : DebugUIHandlerWidget
     {
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ internal override void SetWidget(DebugUI.Widget widget)
             }
             ;
 
+            // Destroy the remaining toggles outside of the range of the displayed enum.
             for (; toggleIndex < toggles.Count; ++toggleIndex)
             {
-                toggles[toggleIndex].transform.SetParent(null);
+                CoreUtils.Destroy(toggles[toggleIndex].gameObject);
+                toggles[toggleIndex] = null;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
index ed2d7f24b47..4aeae06592e 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed LightCluster debug view for ray tracing.
 - Fixed issue with RAS build fail when LOD was missing a renderer
 - Fixed an issue where sometime a docked lookdev could be rendered at zero size and break.
+- Fixed an issue where runtime debug window UI would leak game objects.
 
 ### Changed
 - Changed Window/Render Pipeline/HD Render Pipeline Wizard to Window/Rendering/HDRP Wizard