diff --git a/src/RootContext.ts b/src/RootContext.ts
index dcf097e..1f28a25 100644
--- a/src/RootContext.ts
+++ b/src/RootContext.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export enum ActionType {
     SELECT_SCALE = "SELECT_SCALE",
     SET_SPLINE_OPTIONS = "SET_SPLINE_OPTIONS",
     SET_INDIVIDUAL_OPTIONS   = "SET_INDIVIDUAL_OPTIONS",
+    SESSION_ENDED = "SESSION_ENDED"
 }
 
 export interface RootAction {
diff --git a/src/components/ManageDatasets.tsx b/src/components/ManageDatasets.tsx
index 7e513a7..d4229e9 100644
--- a/src/components/ManageDatasets.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ManageDatasets.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ export function ManageDatasets() {
         <Col xs={12} sm={{span: 6, offset: 3}}>
             <Form>
                 <p><Info className={"me-2"}/>Files you upload are
-                    only accessible to you and
-                    will be deleted automatically when you close your
-                    browser.</p>
+                    only accessible to you. Files will be deleted automatically when you close your
+                    browser, or instantly when you click the "End session" link on the top right.</p>
                 <fieldset>
                     {state.datasetNames.length > 0 &&
                         <ListDatasets/>
diff --git a/src/components/TopNav.tsx b/src/components/TopNav.tsx
index 8dc99a0..b800a9f 100644
--- a/src/components/TopNav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TopNav.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import {Container, Nav, Navbar} from "react-bootstrap";
 import ThemeSwitch from "./ThemeSwitch";
-import React from "react";
+import React, {useContext} from "react";
+import {RootContext, RootDispatchContext} from "../RootContext";
+import {dataService} from "../services/dataService";
 
 interface Props {
     theme: string
@@ -18,6 +20,15 @@ function GithubLogo() {
 export default function TopNav({
                                    theme, setTheme
                                }: Props) {
+
+    const state = useContext(RootContext);
+    const dispatch = useContext(RootDispatchContext);
+
+    const endSession = async () => {
+        await dataService(state.language, dispatch)
+            .endSession()
+    }
+
     return <Navbar expand="lg" className={"bg-light"}>
         <Container fluid>
             <img alt="SeroViz logo"
@@ -31,6 +42,11 @@ export default function TopNav({
                     <Nav.Link href="/docs">Docs</Nav.Link>
                 </Nav>
             </Navbar.Collapse>
+            <Nav>
+                <Nav.Link onClick={endSession}>
+                    End session
+                </Nav.Link>
+            </Nav>
             <ThemeSwitch theme={theme} setTheme={setTheme}></ThemeSwitch>
             <a className="text-body-secondary"
                href="https://github.com/seroanalytics/seroviz">
diff --git a/src/reducers/rootReducer.ts b/src/reducers/rootReducer.ts
index 1cc71fe..3612aee 100644
--- a/src/reducers/rootReducer.ts
+++ b/src/reducers/rootReducer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {AppState} from "../types";
-import {ActionType, RootAction} from "../RootContext";
+import {ActionType, initialState, RootAction} from "../RootContext";
 import {datasetReducer} from "./datasetReducer";
 
 export const rootReducer = (state: AppState, action: RootAction): AppState => {
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export const rootReducer = (state: AppState, action: RootAction): AppState => {
             return {...state, uploadError: null}
         case ActionType.DATASET_NAMES_FETCHED:
             return {...state, datasetNames: action.payload}
+        case ActionType.SESSION_ENDED:
+            return {...initialState}
         default:
             return datasetReducer(state, action)
     }
diff --git a/src/services/dataService.ts b/src/services/dataService.ts
index a865343..e0c7f7a 100644
--- a/src/services/dataService.ts
+++ b/src/services/dataService.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ export class DataService {
             .withError(ActionType.ERROR_ADDED)
             .delete("/dataset/" + dataset + "/")
     }
+
+    async endSession() {
+        return await this._api
+            .withSuccess(ActionType.SESSION_ENDED)
+            .ignoreErrors()
+            .delete("/session/")
+    }
 }
 
 export const dataService = (lang: string, dispatch: Dispatch<RootAction>) => new DataService(new APIService(lang, dispatch));
diff --git a/test/components/ChooseDataset.test.tsx b/test/components/ManageDatasets.test.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from test/components/ChooseDataset.test.tsx
rename to test/components/ManageDatasets.test.tsx
diff --git a/test/components/TopNav.test.tsx b/test/components/TopNav.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b36e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/TopNav.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import {mockAppState, mockAxios, mockSuccess} from "../mocks";
+import {userEvent} from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import {render, screen} from "@testing-library/react";
+import {
+    ActionType,
+    RootContext,
+    RootDispatchContext
+} from "../../src/RootContext";
+import TopNav from "../../src/components/TopNav";
+
+test("user can end session", async () => {
+    mockAxios.onDelete(`/session/`)
+        .reply(200, mockSuccess("OK"));
+
+    let state = mockAppState();
+    const dispatch = jest.fn();
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<RootContext.Provider value={state}>
+        <RootDispatchContext.Provider
+            value={dispatch}><TopNav theme={"light"} setTheme={jest.fn()}/>
+        </RootDispatchContext.Provider>
+    </RootContext.Provider>);
+
+    const links = screen.getAllByRole("button") as HTMLAnchorElement[];
+    const endSession = links.find(l => l.textContent === "End session")!!;
+    await user.click(endSession);
+    expect(dispatch.mock.calls[1][0].type).toBe(ActionType.SESSION_ENDED);
+});
diff --git a/test/rootReducer.test.ts b/test/rootReducer.test.ts
index 3a79391..5adf01d 100644
--- a/test/rootReducer.test.ts
+++ b/test/rootReducer.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
     mockDatasetNames, mockDatasetSettings,
     mockError
 } from "./mocks";
-import {ActionType} from "../src/RootContext";
+import {ActionType, initialState} from "../src/RootContext";
 import {rootReducer} from "../src/reducers/rootReducer";
 
 describe("rootReducer", () => {
@@ -200,4 +200,15 @@ describe("rootReducer", () => {
             {type: ActionType.DATASET_DELETED, payload: "d1"});
         expect(newState.datasetNames).toEqual(["d2"]);
     });
+
+    it("should revert to initial state on SESSION_DELETED", () => {
+        const state = mockAppState({
+            datasetNames: ["d1", "d2"],
+            selectedDataset: "d1",
+            selectedPlot: "individual"
+        });
+        const newState = rootReducer(state,
+            {type: ActionType.SESSION_ENDED, payload: null});
+        expect(newState).toEqual(initialState);
+    });
 });