diff --git a/src/components/figures/chart/chartJs/chartjs.ts b/src/components/figures/chart/chartJs/chartjs.ts
index dbc5bba9b..fe85f3928 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/chart/chartJs/chartjs.ts
+++ b/src/components/figures/chart/chartJs/chartjs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, onMounted, useEffect, useRef } from "@odoo/owl";
+import { Component, onMounted, onWillUnmount, useEffect, useRef } from "@odoo/owl";
 import type { Chart, ChartConfiguration } from "chart.js";
 import { deepCopy, deepEquals } from "../../../../helpers";
 import { Figure, SpreadsheetChildEnv } from "../../../../types";
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class ChartJsComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
       // Note: chartJS modify the runtime in place, so it's important to give it a copy
       this.createChart(deepCopy(runtime.chartJsConfig));
     });
+    onWillUnmount(() => this.chart?.destroy());
     useEffect(() => {
       const runtime = this.chartRuntime;
       if (!deepEquals(runtime, this.currentRuntime, "ignoreFunctions")) {
diff --git a/tests/figures/chart/charts_component.test.ts b/tests/figures/chart/charts_component.test.ts
index 2d10edb1c..bed3d7a43 100644
--- a/tests/figures/chart/charts_component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/figures/chart/charts_component.test.ts
@@ -1306,3 +1306,13 @@ describe("Default background on runtime tests", () => {
     expect(model.getters.getChartRuntime("1").background).toBe("#FA0000");
   });
 });
+
+test("ChartJS charts are correctly destroyed on chart deletion", async () => {
+  ({ parent, fixture, model } = await mountSpreadsheet({ model: new Model() }));
+  createChart(model, { dataSets: ["A1"], type: "bar" }, "1");
+  await nextTick();
+  const spyDelete = jest.spyOn((window as any).Chart.prototype, "destroy");
+  model.dispatch("DELETE_FIGURE", { id: "1", sheetId: model.getters.getActiveSheetId() });
+  await nextTick();
+  expect(spyDelete).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers/helpers.ts b/tests/test_helpers/helpers.ts
index bfd586e49..a52d14009 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/test_helpers/helpers.ts
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ export const mockChart = () => {
       return mockChartData.data;
     }
     toBase64Image = () => "data:image/png;base64,randomDataThatIsActuallyABase64Image";
-    destroy = () => {};
+    destroy() {}
     update() {}
     options = mockChartData.options;
     config = mockChartData;