diff --git a/public/apps/account/account-nav-button.tsx b/public/apps/account/account-nav-button.tsx
index 8f67c3328..02e04f3af 100644
--- a/public/apps/account/account-nav-button.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/account/account-nav-button.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function AccountNavButton(props: {
           }}
           handleSwitchAndClose={() => {
             setModal(null);
-            window.location.reload();
+            reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
           }}
           tenant={props.tenant!}
         />
@@ -186,3 +186,24 @@ export function AccountNavButton(props: {
     </EuiHeaderSectionItemButton>
   );
 }
+
+export function reloadAfterTenantSwitch(): void {
+  // the below portion is to clear URLs starting with 'lastUrl'
+  // when switching tenants, the last URLs will be from the old tenancy therefore we need to remove these from sessionStorage.
+  const lastUrls = [];
+  const { sessionStorage } = window;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < sessionStorage.length; i++) {
+    const key = sessionStorage.key(i);
+    if (key?.startsWith('lastUrl')) {
+      lastUrls.push(key);
+    }
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < lastUrls.length; i++) {
+    sessionStorage.removeItem(lastUrls[i]);
+  }
+
+  // rather than just reload when we switch tenants, we set the URL to the pathname. i.e. the portion like: '/app/dashboards'
+  // therefore, the copied URL will now allow tenancy changes.
+  window.location.href = window.location.pathname;
+}
diff --git a/public/apps/account/test/account-nav-button.test.tsx b/public/apps/account/test/account-nav-button.test.tsx
index 0bf24798e..ff20b0f25 100644
--- a/public/apps/account/test/account-nav-button.test.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/account/test/account-nav-button.test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import React from 'react';
-import { AccountNavButton } from '../account-nav-button';
+import { AccountNavButton, reloadAfterTenantSwitch } from '../account-nav-button';
 import { getShouldShowTenantPopup, setShouldShowTenantPopup } from '../../../utils/storage-utils';
 import { getDashboardsInfo } from '../../../utils/dashboards-info-utils';
 
@@ -174,3 +174,60 @@ describe('Account navigation button, multitenancy disabled', () => {
     expect(setState).toBeCalledTimes(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('Reload window after tenant switch', () => {
+  const originalLocation = window.location;
+  const mockSetWindowHref = jest.fn();
+  let pathname: string = '';
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    pathname = '/app/myapp';
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
+      value: {
+        get pathname() {
+          return pathname;
+        },
+        get href() {
+          return '/app/dashboards?security_tenant=admin_tenant';
+        },
+        set href(value: string) {
+          mockSetWindowHref(value);
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    window.location = originalLocation;
+  });
+
+  it('should remove the tenant query parameter before reloading', () => {
+    pathname = '/app/pathname-only';
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockSetWindowHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(pathname);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Clear lastUrls after tenant switch', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should clear out keys with a lastUrl prefix', () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('lastUrl:dashboard', '/dashboard1');
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('lastUrl:otherApp', '/otherApp');
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('somethingElse:here', '/random');
+    const mockRemoveItem = jest.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'removeItem');
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lastUrl:dashboard');
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lastUrl:otherApp');
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('should not clear out keys without a lastUrl prefix', () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('somethingElse:here', '/random');
+    const mockRemoveItem = jest.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'removeItem');
+
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/apps/account/test/switch-tenants.test.tsx b/public/apps/account/test/switch-tenants.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eb798fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/apps/account/test/switch-tenants.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ *
+ *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+ *   You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *   A copy of the License is located at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
+ *   on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
+ *   express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ *   permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { reloadAfterTenantSwitch } from '../account-nav-button';
+
+describe('Reload window after tenant switch', () => {
+  const originalLocation = window.location;
+  const mockSetWindowHref = jest.fn();
+  let pathname: string = '';
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    pathname = '/app/myapp';
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
+      value: {
+        get pathname() {
+          return pathname;
+        },
+        get href() {
+          return '/app/dashboards?security_tenant=admin_tenant';
+        },
+        set href(value: string) {
+          mockSetWindowHref(value);
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    window.location = originalLocation;
+  });
+
+  it('should remove the tenant query parameter before reloading', () => {
+    pathname = '/app/pathname-only';
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockSetWindowHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(pathname);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Clear lastUrls after tenant switch', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should clear out keys with a lastUrl prefix', () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('lastUrl:dashboard', '/dashboard1');
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('lastUrl:otherApp', '/otherApp');
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('somethingElse:here', '/random');
+    const mockRemoveItem = jest.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'removeItem');
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lastUrl:dashboard');
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lastUrl:otherApp');
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('should not clear out keys without a lastUrl prefix', () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('somethingElse:here', '/random');
+    const mockRemoveItem = jest.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'removeItem');
+
+    reloadAfterTenantSwitch();
+    expect(mockRemoveItem).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+});