diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.cpp
index 56d20b09c7..32322ccce4 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ QWidget* ZTabDockWidget::widget() const
     return m_tabWidget;
 }
 
-void ZTabDockWidget::testCleanupGL()
+void ZTabDockWidget::cleanupView()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < m_tabWidget->count(); i++)
     {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void ZTabDockWidget::testCleanupGL()
         if (DockContent_View* pDis = qobject_cast<DockContent_View*>(wid)) {
             DisplayWidget* pWid = pDis->getDisplayWid();
             if (pWid)
-                pWid->testCleanUp();
+                pWid->cleanupView();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.h b/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.h
index 91ade1f1a6..89a5d07da1 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.h
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/dock/ztabdockwidget.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ZTabDockWidget : public QDockWidget
     void onPrimitiveSelected(const std::unordered_set<std::string>& primids);
     void onUpdateViewport(const QString& action);
     void updateLights();
-    void testCleanupGL();
+    void cleanupView();
 
     static PANEL_TYPE title2Type(const QString &title);
 
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.cpp
index dbe2b70626..5b83f270e0 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ void DisplayWidget::initRecordMgr()
             [=](int frameid) { zeno::log_info("frame {} has been recorded", frameid); });
 }
 
-void DisplayWidget::testCleanUp()
+void DisplayWidget::cleanupView()
 {
     if (m_glView)
-        m_glView->testCleanUp();
+        m_glView->cleanUpView();
+    else
+        m_optixView->cleanupView();
 }
 
 void DisplayWidget::cleanUpScene()
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.h b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.h
index f31186e8f6..5aaa263850 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.h
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/displaywidget.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class DisplayWidget : public QWidget
     QSize sizeHint() const override;
     Zenovis* getZenoVis() const;
     void runAndRecord(const VideoRecInfo& info);
-    void testCleanUp();
+    void cleanupView();
     void cleanUpScene();
     void beforeRun();
     void afterRun();
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.cpp
index cb85615c84..47c4f80c2c 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ void OptixWorker::onCleanUpScene()
     m_zenoVis->cleanUpScene();
 }
 
+void OptixWorker::onCleanUpView()
+{
+    m_zenoVis->cleanupView();
+}
+
 void OptixWorker::onSetBackground(bool bShowBg)
 {
     auto& ud = zeno::getSession().userData();
@@ -427,6 +432,7 @@ ZOptixViewport::ZOptixViewport(QWidget* parent)
     connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_modifyLightData, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onModifyLightData);
     connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_updateCameraProp, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onUpdateCameraProp);
     connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_cleanUpScene, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onCleanUpScene);
+    connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_cleanUpView, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onCleanUpView);
     connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_setBackground, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onSetBackground);
     connect(this, &ZOptixViewport::sig_setdata_on_optix_thread, m_worker, &OptixWorker::onSetData);
 
@@ -505,6 +511,11 @@ void ZOptixViewport::cleanUpScene()
     emit sig_cleanUpScene();
 }
 
+void ZOptixViewport::cleanupView()
+{
+    emit sig_cleanUpView();
+}
+
 void ZOptixViewport::modifyLightData(UI_VECTYPE pos, UI_VECTYPE scale, UI_VECTYPE rotate, UI_VECTYPE color, float intensity, QString name, UI_VECTYPE skipParam)
 {
     emit sig_modifyLightData(pos, scale, rotate, color, intensity, name, skipParam);
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.h b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.h
index d7ef63a06b..e9864b38bb 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.h
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/optixviewport.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public slots:
     void onModifyLightData(UI_VECTYPE pos, UI_VECTYPE scale, UI_VECTYPE rotate, UI_VECTYPE color, float intensity, QString nodename, UI_VECTYPE skipParam);
     void onUpdateCameraProp(float aperture, float disPlane, UI_VECTYPE skipParam = UI_VECTYPE());
     void onCleanUpScene();
+    void onCleanUpView();
     void onSetBackground(bool bShowBg);
 
     void onSetData(float, float, float, bool, bool);
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class ZOptixViewport : public QWidget
     void setSlidFeq(int feq);
     void modifyLightData(UI_VECTYPE pos, UI_VECTYPE scale, UI_VECTYPE rotate, UI_VECTYPE color, float intensity, QString name, UI_VECTYPE skipParam);
     void cleanUpScene();
+    void cleanupView();
 
     zenovis::ZOptixCameraSettingInfo getdata_from_optix_thread();
     void setdata_on_optix_thread(zenovis::ZOptixCameraSettingInfo value);
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ class ZOptixViewport : public QWidget
     void sig_modifyLightData(UI_VECTYPE pos, UI_VECTYPE scale, UI_VECTYPE rotate, UI_VECTYPE color, float intensity, QString name, UI_VECTYPE skipParam);
     void sig_updateCameraProp(float aperture, float disPlane, UI_VECTYPE skipParam = UI_VECTYPE());
     void sig_cleanUpScene();
+    void sig_cleanUpView();
     void sig_setBackground(bool bShowBg);
     void sig_setdata_on_optix_thread(float, float, float, bool, bool);
 
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.cpp
index db0866c991..d43bcc9375 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ void ViewportWidget::testCleanUp()
     m_fakeTrans.reset();
 }
 
+void ViewportWidget::cleanUpView()
+{
+    if (m_zenovis)
+        m_zenovis->cleanupView();
+}
+
 namespace {
 struct OpenGLProcAddressHelper {
     inline static QGLContext *ctx;
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.h b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.h
index 3a40259b1f..af8e7a55af 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.h
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/viewportwidget.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class ViewportWidget : public QGLWidget
     ViewportWidget(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
     ~ViewportWidget();
     void testCleanUp();
+    void cleanUpView();
     void initializeGL() override;
     void resizeGL(int nx, int ny) override;
     void paintGL() override;
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.cpp
index 2b879b210e..423e87da16 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ void Zenovis::cleanUpScene()
     pScene->cleanUpScene();
 }
 
+void Zenovis::cleanupView()
+{
+    if (!session)
+        return;
+
+    auto pScene = session->get_scene();
+    ZASSERT_EXIT(pScene);
+    pScene->cleanupView();
+}
+
 void Zenovis::startPlay(bool bPlaying)
 {
     m_playing = bPlaying;
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.h b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.h
index e1c0c1977c..5062249232 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.h
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/viewport/zenovis.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public slots:
     void setLoopPlaying(bool enable);
     bool isLoopPlaying();
     void cleanUpScene();
+    void cleanupView();
 
 //private:
     void doFrameUpdate();
diff --git a/ui/zenoedit/zenomainwindow.cpp b/ui/zenoedit/zenomainwindow.cpp
index 4b611cf62d..bd2211e2d5 100644
--- a/ui/zenoedit/zenomainwindow.cpp
+++ b/ui/zenoedit/zenomainwindow.cpp
@@ -1387,16 +1387,8 @@ void ZenoMainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
         //clean up opengl components.
 
         auto docks = findChildren<ZTabDockWidget *>(QString(), Qt::FindDirectChildrenOnly);
-        for (ZTabDockWidget *pDock : docks) {
-            pDock->close();
-            try {
-                //pDock->testCleanupGL();
-            } catch (...) {
-                //QString errMsg = QString::fromLatin1(e.what());
-                int j;
-                j = 0;
-            }
-            //delete pDock;
+        for (ZTabDockWidget* pDock : docks) {
+            pDock->cleanupView();
         }
 
         // trigger destroy event
diff --git a/zenovis/include/zenovis/RenderEngine.h b/zenovis/include/zenovis/RenderEngine.h
index a5c0ad58b9..7ce48ce0b5 100644
--- a/zenovis/include/zenovis/RenderEngine.h
+++ b/zenovis/include/zenovis/RenderEngine.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct RenderEngine {
     virtual void draw(bool record) = 0;
     virtual void update() = 0;
     virtual void cleanupOptix() = 0;
+    virtual void cleanupWhenExit() = 0;
 
     virtual ~RenderEngine() = default;
 };
diff --git a/zenovis/include/zenovis/Scene.h b/zenovis/include/zenovis/Scene.h
index 9f7a6adbd0..2d379bc035 100644
--- a/zenovis/include/zenovis/Scene.h
+++ b/zenovis/include/zenovis/Scene.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct Scene : zeno::disable_copy {
     void draw(bool record);
     bool loadFrameObjects(int frameid);
     void cleanUpScene();
+    void cleanupView();
     void switchRenderEngine(std::string const &name);
     std::vector<char> record_frame_offline(int hdrSize = 1, int rgbComps = 3);
     bool cameraFocusOnNode(std::string const &nodeid, zeno::vec3f &center, float &radius);
diff --git a/zenovis/src/Scene.cpp b/zenovis/src/Scene.cpp
index 347814a3ae..11df211415 100644
--- a/zenovis/src/Scene.cpp
+++ b/zenovis/src/Scene.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ Scene::Scene()
         switchRenderEngine("bate");
 }
 
+void Scene::cleanupView()
+{
+    if (!renderMan)
+        return;
+
+    RenderEngine* pEngine = renderMan->getEngine();
+    if (pEngine) {
+        pEngine->cleanupWhenExit();
+    }
+}
+
 void Scene::cleanUpScene()
 {
     if (objectsMan)
diff --git a/zenovis/src/bate/RenderEngineBate.cpp b/zenovis/src/bate/RenderEngineBate.cpp
index 2a67d741ac..9a324ffd91 100644
--- a/zenovis/src/bate/RenderEngineBate.cpp
+++ b/zenovis/src/bate/RenderEngineBate.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ struct RenderEngineBate : RenderEngine {
     void cleanupOptix() override {
 
     }
+
+    void cleanupWhenExit() override {
+
+    }
 };
 
 static auto definer = RenderManager::registerRenderEngine<RenderEngineBate>("bate");
diff --git a/zenovis/src/optx/RenderEngineOptx.cpp b/zenovis/src/optx/RenderEngineOptx.cpp
index 4e8542328c..b6ba4c66c2 100644
--- a/zenovis/src/optx/RenderEngineOptx.cpp
+++ b/zenovis/src/optx/RenderEngineOptx.cpp
@@ -1395,6 +1395,10 @@ struct RenderEngineOptx : RenderEngine, zeno::disable_copy {
     void cleanupOptix() override {
 
     }
+
+    void cleanupWhenExit() override {
+
+    }
 };
 
 static auto definer = RenderManager::registerRenderEngine<RenderEngineOptx>("optx");
diff --git a/zenovis/src/zhxx/RenderEngineZhxx.cpp b/zenovis/src/zhxx/RenderEngineZhxx.cpp
index 8ee8ed1621..ac3a5c1913 100644
--- a/zenovis/src/zhxx/RenderEngineZhxx.cpp
+++ b/zenovis/src/zhxx/RenderEngineZhxx.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ struct RenderEngineZhxx : RenderEngine, zeno::disable_copy {
     void cleanupOptix() override {
 
     }
+
+    void cleanupWhenExit() override {
+
+    }
 };
 
 static auto definer = RenderManager::registerRenderEngine<RenderEngineZhxx>("zhxx");