diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/AppDelegate.swift b/DuckDuckGo/AppDelegate.swift
index 70054f97c8..af928fb050 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
         }
 
         Task { @MainActor in
-            await autoClear?.applicationWillMoveToForeground()
+            // Autoclear should have happened by now
             showKeyboardIfSettingOn = false
 
             if !handleAppDeepLink(app, mainViewController, url) {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/AutoClear.swift b/DuckDuckGo/AutoClear.swift
index 134b23d683..bda1c46614 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/AutoClear.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/AutoClear.swift
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class AutoClear {
             let timestamp = timestamp,
             shouldClearData(elapsedTime: Date().timeIntervalSince1970 - timestamp) else { return }
         
+        self.timestamp = nil
         worker.clearNavigationStack()
         await clearData()
-        self.timestamp = nil
     }
 }
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
index 4f25492fe5..db0a80f093 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
     let appSettings: AppSettings
     private var launchTabObserver: LaunchTabNotification.Observer?
     
+    var doRefreshAfterClear = true
+
 #if APP_TRACKING_PROTECTION
     private let appTrackingProtectionDatabase: CoreDataDatabase
 #endif
@@ -866,6 +868,7 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
                 selectTab(existing)
                 return
             } else if reuseExisting, let existing = tabManager.firstHomeTab() {
+                doRefreshAfterClear = false
                 tabManager.selectTab(existing)
                 loadUrl(url, fromExternalLink: fromExternalLink)
             } else {
@@ -2291,6 +2294,10 @@ extension MainViewController: AutoClearWorker {
     }
 
     func refreshUIAfterClear() {
+        guard doRefreshAfterClear else {
+            doRefreshAfterClear = true
+            return
+        }
         showBars()
         attachHomeScreen()
         tabsBarController?.refresh(tabsModel: tabManager.model)