diff --git a/e2e/containers.e2e.spec.ts b/e2e/containers.e2e.spec.ts
index 0152cb4ac08..9a70ede12bf 100644
--- a/e2e/containers.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/containers.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { NavPage } from './pages/nav-page';
 import { createDefaultSettings, startRancherDesktop, teardown, tool } from './utils/TestUtils';
 
 import { Settings } from '@pkg/config/settings';
+import { reopenLogs } from '@pkg/utils/logging';
 
 import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from '@playwright/test';
 
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ let page: Page;
 test.describe.serial('Container Engine', () => {
   let electronApp: ElectronApplication;
 
+  test.beforeAll(async() => {
+    await tool('rdctl', 'factory-reset', '--verbose');
+    reopenLogs();
+  });
+
   test.beforeAll(async() => {
     createDefaultSettings({ application: { adminAccess: false } });
 
diff --git a/e2e/lockedFields.e2e.spec.ts b/e2e/lockedFields.e2e.spec.ts
index 480ce06b098..7e8cbff3bbf 100644
--- a/e2e/lockedFields.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/lockedFields.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ test.describe('Locked fields', () => {
 
   test.afterAll(() => teardown(electronApp, __filename));
 
+  test.afterAll(async() => {
+    await tool('rdctl', 'factory-reset', '--verbose');
+    reopenLogs();
+  });
+
   test('should start up', async() => {
     const navPage = new NavPage(page);
 
diff --git a/e2e/preferences.e2e.spec.ts b/e2e/preferences.e2e.spec.ts
index 04f890f4497..0622516070a 100644
--- a/e2e/preferences.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/preferences.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import { test, expect, _electron } from '@playwright/test';
 
 import { NavPage } from './pages/nav-page';
 import { PreferencesPage } from './pages/preferences';
-import { createDefaultSettings, startRancherDesktop, teardown } from './utils/TestUtils';
+import { createDefaultSettings, startRancherDesktop, teardown, tool } from './utils/TestUtils';
+
+import { reopenLogs } from '@pkg/utils/logging';
 
 import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from '@playwright/test';
 
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ test.describe.serial('Main App Test', () => {
 
   test.afterAll(() => teardown(electronApp, __filename));
 
+  test.afterAll(async() => {
+    await tool('rdctl', 'factory-reset', '--verbose');
+    reopenLogs();
+  });
+
   test('should open preferences modal', async() => {
     expect(preferencesWindow).toBeDefined();
 
diff --git a/e2e/utils/TestUtils.ts b/e2e/utils/TestUtils.ts
index 0c3b2f44ae3..d8bfafe70ec 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/TestUtils.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ export async function teardown(app: ElectronApplication, filename: string) {
   try {
     await context.tracing.stop({ path: reportAsset(filename) });
     await packageLogs(filename);
-    await app.close();
+    // Allow one minute for shutdown
+    await Promise.race([
+      app.close(),
+      util.promisify(setTimeout)(60 * 1000),
+    ]);
+    await tool('rdctl', 'shutdown');
   } finally {
     if (proc.kill('SIGTERM') || proc.kill('SIGKILL')) {
       console.log(`Manually stopped process ${ pid }`);