diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomInput.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomInput.tsx
index c6102272b..d1c3613c7 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomInput.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomInput.tsx
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ import { scheduledMessagesAtom } from '../../state/scheduledMessages';
 import { createErrorToast, toastQueueAtom } from '../../state/toast';
 import { getThreadDraftKey } from '../../state/room/thread';
 import { stripTrackingParamsInHtml, stripTrackingParamsInText } from '../../utils/urlTracking';
+import { plaintextCachesWiped } from '../../state/plaintextCaches';
 
 const GifPicker = React.lazy(() =>
   import('../../components/GifPicker').then((m) => ({ default: m.GifPicker })),
@@ -562,6 +563,8 @@ export const RoomInput = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, RoomInputProps>(
     // Persist the current editor state to the draft atom + localStorage; an empty
     // editor clears both so the draft indicators never claim a draft that isn't there.
     const persistDraft = useCallback(() => {
+      // [Gitea #319] Logout already wiped the drafts; don't write this one back.
+      if (plaintextCachesWiped()) return;
       if (!isEmptyEditor(editor)) {
         const parsedDraft = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(editor.children));
         setMsgDraft(parsedDraft);
diff --git a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.test.ts b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.test.ts
index 8e72c6392..869ed6bda 100644
--- a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const api = {
       : Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(target, key),
 });
 
-const { clearPlaintextCaches } = await import('./plaintextCaches');
+const { clearPlaintextCaches, plaintextCachesWiped } = await import('./plaintextCaches');
 
 test('clearPlaintextCaches removes every plaintext/PII localStorage key', () => {
   store.clear();
@@ -94,3 +94,13 @@ test('clearPlaintextCaches removes the call-volume list and the settings-sync st
   assert.equal(store.has('settings-sync-meta:@me:server'), false);
   assert.equal(store.has('settings'), true, 'device preferences are kept');
 });
+
+test('clearPlaintextCaches clears the encrypted-search opt-in and flags the wipe (#296, #319)', () => {
+  store.clear();
+  store.set('searchCacheEnabled', 'true');
+  store.set('mxjssdk_memory_filter_FILTER_SYNC_@me:server', '0');
+  clearPlaintextCaches('@me:server');
+  assert.equal(store.has('searchCacheEnabled'), false);
+  assert.equal(store.has('mxjssdk_memory_filter_FILTER_SYNC_@me:server'), false);
+  assert.equal(plaintextCachesWiped(), true, 'draft writes stop until the page reloads');
+});
diff --git a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
index cf9b510fd..6e66bc864 100644
--- a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,34 @@ const clearCallVolumesAndSyncMeta = (userId?: string): void => {
   });
 };
 
+// [Gitea #319] Set once a logout has wiped the caches. Logout then reloads the
+// page, and the reload's `pagehide` made RoomInput flush the open composer's
+// draft straight back to localStorage; draft writes check this and stop.
+// Module state, so it resets with the new page.
+let wiped = false;
+export const plaintextCachesWiped = (): boolean => wiped;
+
+/**
+ * [Gitea #296] Device-wide flags/keys that carry the previous account's choice
+ * or id: the encrypted-search opt-in (the next account would otherwise start
+ * indexing decrypted text without opting in) and the SDK's per-user filter key.
+ */
+const clearAccountScopedFlags = (userId?: string): void => {
+  const keys = [
+    'searchCacheEnabled',
+    ...(userId ? [`mxjssdk_memory_filter_FILTER_SYNC_${userId}`] : []),
+  ];
+  keys.forEach((key) => {
+    try {
+      localStorage.removeItem(key);
+    } catch {
+      // best-effort
+    }
+  });
+};
+
 export const clearPlaintextCaches = (userId?: string): void => {
+  wiped = true;
   clearTranslationCache();
   clearScheduledMessages();
   clearRecentSearches();
@@ -124,5 +151,6 @@ export const clearPlaintextCaches = (userId?: string): void => {
   clearCallSession();
   clearStatusMessage();
   clearCallVolumesAndSyncMeta(userId);
+  clearAccountScopedFlags(userId);
   if (userId) clearNavToActivePathStore(userId);
 };