diff --git a/client/src/components/User/UserPreferences.vue b/client/src/components/User/UserPreferences.vue
index 00891336ae9..88631d32201 100644
--- a/client/src/components/User/UserPreferences.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/User/UserPreferences.vue
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ import _l from "utils/localization";
 import axios from "axios";
 import QueryStringParsing from "utils/query-string-parsing";
 import { getUserPreferencesModel } from "components/User/UserPreferencesModel";
-import { userLogoutAll } from "layout/menu";
+import { userLogoutAll, userLogoutClient } from "layout/menu";
 import "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 
 Vue.use(BootstrapVue);
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export default {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
-                userLogoutAll();
+                userLogoutClient();
             } else {
                 this.nameState = false;
                 return false;
diff --git a/client/src/layout/menu.js b/client/src/layout/menu.js
index db7a5c8fd17..9c9802da72f 100644
--- a/client/src/layout/menu.js
+++ b/client/src/layout/menu.js
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import { getGalaxyInstance } from "app";
 import _l from "utils/localization";
 import { CommunicationServerView } from "layout/communication-server-view";
 
-export function userLogoutAll() {
-    return userLogout(true);
-}
+const POST_LOGOUT_URL = "root/login?is_logout_redirect=true";
 
+/**
+ * Handles user logout.  Invalidates the current session, checks to see if we
+ * need to log out of OIDC too, and goes to our POST_LOGOUT_URL (or some other
+ * configured redirect). */
 export function userLogout(logoutAll = false) {
     const galaxy = getGalaxyInstance();
     const session_csrf_token = galaxy.session_csrf_token;
@@ -25,14 +27,29 @@ export function userLogout(logoutAll = false) {
             }
         })
         .then((response) => {
-            if (response.data && response.data.redirect_uri) {
+            if (response.data?.redirect_uri) {
                 window.top.location.href = response.data.redirect_uri;
             } else {
-                window.top.location.href = `${galaxy.root}root/login?is_logout_redirect=true`;
+                window.top.location.href = `${galaxy.root}${POST_LOGOUT_URL}`;
             }
         });
 }
 
+/** User logout with 'log out all sessions' flag set.  This will invalidate all
+ * active sessions a user might have. */
+export function userLogoutAll() {
+    return userLogout(true);
+}
+
+/** Purely clientside logout, dumps session and redirects without invalidating
+ * serverside. Currently only used when marking an account deleted -- any
+ * subsequent navigation after the deletion API request would fail otherwise */
+export function userLogoutClient() {
+    const galaxy = getGalaxyInstance();
+    galaxy.user?.clearSessionStorage();
+    window.top.location.href = `${galaxy.root}${POST_LOGOUT_URL}`;
+}
+
 export function fetchMenu(options = {}) {
     const Galaxy = getGalaxyInstance();
     const menu = [];