diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookieManager.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookieManager.java
index 58e211fbd..bcf274e75 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookieManager.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookieManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public CapacitorCookieManager(CookieStore store, CookiePolicy policy, Bridge bri
         this.serverUrl = bridge.getServerUrl();
     }
 
+    public void removeSessionCookies() {
+        this.webkitCookieManager.removeSessionCookies(null);
+    }
+
     public String getSanitizedDomain(String url) throws URISyntaxException {
         if (url == null || url.isEmpty()) {
             url = this.serverUrl;
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookies.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookies.java
index 95a27cb0f..64f97d87a 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookies.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/CapacitorCookies.java
@@ -22,10 +22,17 @@ public class CapacitorCookies extends Plugin {
     public void load() {
         this.bridge.getWebView().addJavascriptInterface(this, "CapacitorCookiesAndroidInterface");
         this.cookieManager = new CapacitorCookieManager(null, java.net.CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ALL, this.bridge);
+        this.cookieManager.removeSessionCookies();
         CookieHandler.setDefault(this.cookieManager);
         super.load();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void handleOnDestroy() {
+        super.handleOnDestroy();
+        this.cookieManager.removeSessionCookies();
+    }
+
     @JavascriptInterface
     public boolean isEnabled() {
         PluginConfig pluginConfig = getBridge().getConfig().getPluginConfiguration("CapacitorCookies");