How to reset $rootScope?

Question

After user logs out, I need to clean up my $rootScope. I tried $rootScope.$destroy() but that didn't do the trick. Is there a way to loop through all the values in $rootScope and delete them or a method to simply reset it?

Answer 1

You may wish to retain the default values that come with $rootScope when it is initialized. Since they all begin with a $ you can delete all the properties that don't start with $.

for (var prop in $rootScope) {
    if (prop.substring(0,1) !== '$') {
        delete $rootScope[prop];
    }
}

You could make it easy to call by adding it as a function on $rootScope.

$rootScope.$resetScope = function() {
    ...
}