diff --git a/src/browser/main-api-handler.ts b/src/browser/main-api-handler.ts
index f9dee45c..1568ff40 100644
--- a/src/browser/main-api-handler.ts
+++ b/src/browser/main-api-handler.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ import { LocaleType } from '../common/i18n';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
 import { activityDetection } from './activity-detection';
 import { screenSnippet } from './screen-snippet';
-import { isValidWindow, setDataUrl, showBadgeCount, showPopupMenu, updateLocale } from './window-utils';
+import {
+    isValidWindow,
+    sanitize,
+    setDataUrl,
+    showBadgeCount,
+    showPopupMenu,
+    updateLocale,
+} from './window-utils';
 
 /**
  * Handle API related ipc messages from renderers. Only messages from windows
@@ -64,12 +71,12 @@ ipcMain.on(apiName.symphonyApi, (event: Electron.Event, arg: IApiArgs) => {
                 configureNotification.openConfigurationWindow(arg.windowName);
             }
             break;
-        case ApiCmds.sanitize:
+        */case apiCmds.sanitize:
             if (typeof arg.windowName === 'string') {
                 sanitize(arg.windowName);
             }
             break;
-        case ApiCmds.bringToFront:
+        /*case ApiCmds.bringToFront:
             // validates the user bring to front config and activates the wrapper
             if (typeof arg.reason === 'string' && arg.reason === 'notification') {
                 bringToFront(arg.windowName, arg.reason);
diff --git a/src/browser/screen-snippet.ts b/src/browser/screen-snippet.ts
index 69e71fcb..4afcd1fe 100644
--- a/src/browser/screen-snippet.ts
+++ b/src/browser/screen-snippet.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ScreenSnippet {
         // only allow one screen capture at a time.
         if (this.child) this.child.kill();
         try {
-            this.child = await this.execCmd(this.captureUtil, this.captureUtilArgs);
+            await this.execCmd(this.captureUtil, this.captureUtilArgs);
             const { message, data, type } = await this.convertFileToData();
             webContents.send('screen-snippet-data', { message, data, type });
         } catch (error) {
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ class ScreenSnippet {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Kills the child process when the application is reloaded
+     */
+    public killChildProcess(): void {
+        if (this.child && typeof this.child.kill === 'function') {
+            this.child.kill();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes the given command via a child process
      *
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ class ScreenSnippet {
      */
     private execCmd(captureUtil: string, captureUtilArgs: ReadonlyArray<string>): Promise<ChildProcess> {
         return new Promise<ChildProcess>((resolve, reject) => {
-            return execFile(captureUtil, captureUtilArgs, (error: ExecException | null) => {
+            return this.child = execFile(captureUtil, captureUtilArgs, (error: ExecException | null) => {
                 if (this.isAlwaysOnTop) updateAlwaysOnTop(true, false);
                 if (error && error.killed) {
                     // processs was killed, just resolve with no data.
diff --git a/src/browser/window-utils.ts b/src/browser/window-utils.ts
index fbbbff96..b6e77746 100644
--- a/src/browser/window-utils.ts
+++ b/src/browser/window-utils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as url from 'url';
 import { isMac, isWindowsOS } from '../common/env';
 import { i18n, LocaleType } from '../common/i18n';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
+import { screenSnippet } from './screen-snippet';
 import { ICustomBrowserWindow, windowHandler } from './window-handler';
 
 const checkValidWindow = true;
@@ -217,4 +218,27 @@ export const showPopupMenu = (opts: Electron.PopupOptions): void => {
         const appMenu = windowHandler.appMenu;
         if (appMenu) appMenu.popupMenu({ ...popupOpts, ...opts });
     }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Method that is invoked when the application is reloaded/navigated
+ * window.addEventListener('beforeunload')
+ *
+ * @param windowName {string}
+ */
+export const sanitize = (windowName: string): void => {
+    // To make sure the reload event is from the main window
+    const mainWindow = windowHandler.getMainWindow();
+    if (mainWindow && windowName === mainWindow.winName) {
+        // reset the badge count whenever an user refreshes the electron client
+        showBadgeCount(0);
+
+        // Terminates the screen snippet process on reload
+        if (!isMac) {
+            screenSnippet.killChildProcess();
+        }
+        // TODO: write method to clean up child window
+        // Closes all the child windows
+        // windowMgr.cleanUpChildWindows();
+    }
 };
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diff --git a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
index c6716f6a..5edb3cc9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
@@ -150,4 +150,18 @@ ipcRenderer.on('activity', (_event: Event, arg: IActivityDetection) => {
     if (typeof arg === 'object' && typeof local.activityDetection === 'function') {
         local.activityDetection(arg);
     }
-});
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+});
+
+// Invoked whenever the app is reloaded/navigated
+const sanitize = (): void => {
+    local.ipcRenderer.send(apiName, {
+        cmd: apiCmds.sanitize,
+        windowName: window.name || 'main',
+    });
+};
+
+/**
+ * Window Events
+ */
+
+window.addEventListener('beforeunload', sanitize, false);
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