diff --git a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
index 7ec546a..9d26bf2 100644
--- a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
+++ b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ Bool W_IsValidView(struct W_View *view);
 
 void W_WL_EnqueueEvent(struct W_Screen *scr, const WMEvent *ev, struct W_View *target);
 void W_WL_InvalidateView(struct W_Screen *scr, struct W_View *target);
+extern void (*W_ViewDestroyBackingFn)(unsigned long id);
 void W_WL_SetLoopDispatch(struct W_Screen *scr,
                           int loop_fd,
                           void (*dispatch_fn)(int timeout_ms, void *ud),
diff --git a/WINGs/wview_wl.c b/WINGs/wview_wl.c
index 5c08eea..8380dcf 100644
--- a/WINGs/wview_wl.c
+++ b/WINGs/wview_wl.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ static unsigned int wl_view_next_id = WL_VIEW_ID_BASE;
 
 /* Callback set by WM backend to commit frame_buf after paint */
 void (*W_ViewCommitBackingFn)(unsigned long id) = NULL;
+void (*W_ViewDestroyBackingFn)(unsigned long id) = NULL;
+
+extern void wl_view_destroy_backing_impl(unsigned long id);
 
 /* Simple view lookup table (ID → W_View*) */
 #define VIEW_TABLE_SIZE 256
@@ -246,7 +249,8 @@ static void wl_destroy(void *vctx, W_View *view)
 {
 	(void)vctx;
 	W_WL_InvalidateView(view->screen, view);
-	/* Nothing to free — synthetic ID only */
+	if (view->flags.topLevel && W_ViewDestroyBackingFn)
+		W_ViewDestroyBackingFn((unsigned long)view->window);
 }
 
 static void wl_set_background_color(void *vctx, W_View *view, WMColor *color)
diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index df6bd75..68c3c49 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -2302,7 +2302,10 @@ wl_display_open(const char *name)
     {
         extern void (*W_ViewCommitBackingFn)(unsigned long id);
         extern void wl_view_commit_backing_impl(unsigned long id);
+        extern void wl_view_destroy_backing_impl(unsigned long id);
         W_ViewCommitBackingFn = wl_view_commit_backing_impl;
+        extern void (*W_ViewDestroyBackingFn)(unsigned long id);
+        W_ViewDestroyBackingFn = wl_view_destroy_backing_impl;
     }
     if (wl_state.scene) {
         wwarning("wl_backend: scene graph created");
@@ -6711,6 +6714,15 @@ void wl_view_commit_backing_impl(unsigned long id)
     }
 }
 
+void wl_view_destroy_backing_impl(unsigned long id)
+{
+    struct wl_frame_buf *fb = frame_buf_find((WNativeWindow)id);
+    if (!fb) return;
+    wl_list_remove(&fb->link);
+    wlr_scene_node_destroy(&fb->scene_buf->node);
+    wlr_buffer_drop(&fb->base);
+}
+
 static void
 wl_client_synth_configure(WNativeWindow client_win,
                           int x, int y, int width, int height,