diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index 8aa013f..c8187f0 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -839,6 +839,12 @@
         cancelAllTasks();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void trimMemory() {
+        super.trimMemory();
+        clearAllWidgetPages();
+    }
+
     public void clearAllWidgetPages() {
         cancelAllTasks();
         int count = getChildCount();
@@ -1472,9 +1478,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
     public void reset() {
-        super.reset();
         // If we have reset, then we should not continue to restore the previous state
         mSaveInstanceStateItemIndex = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizeTabHost.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizeTabHost.java
index 69e3ac1..a271712 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizeTabHost.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizeTabHost.java
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
         mPagedView.reset();
     }
 
+    void trimMemory() {
+        mPagedView.trimMemory();
+    }
+
     public void onWindowVisible() {
         if (getVisibility() == VISIBLE) {
             mContent.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index 0d1d3ef..ac46fd3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -3815,10 +3815,9 @@
             // 3MB of memory for caching which isn't necessary.
             SQLiteDatabase.releaseMemory();
 
-            // We reset the apps customize tray in order to
-            // to free all the memory associated with widget previews
+            // This clears all widget bitmaps from the widget tray
             if (mAppsCustomizeTabHost != null) {
-                mAppsCustomizeTabHost.reset();
+                mAppsCustomizeTabHost.trimMemory();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedViewWithDraggableItems.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedViewWithDraggableItems.java
index 7f4a3a0..0e59369 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedViewWithDraggableItems.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedViewWithDraggableItems.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
     }
 
-    public void reset() {
+    public void trimMemory() {
         mLastTouchedItem = null;
     }