diff --git a/src/ol/layer/Layer.js b/src/ol/layer/Layer.js
index 24ca2ae8d0..31e442e82b 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/Layer.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/Layer.js
@@ -348,6 +348,11 @@ class Layer extends BaseLayer {
    * Clean up.
    */
   disposeInternal() {
+    if (this.renderer_) {
+      this.renderer_.dispose();
+      delete this.renderer_;
+    }
+
     this.setSource(null);
     super.disposeInternal();
   }
diff --git a/src/ol/layer/WebGLTile.js b/src/ol/layer/WebGLTile.js
index 04ad68e0a0..51d15fe80d 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/WebGLTile.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/WebGLTile.js
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ function parseStyle(style, bandCount) {
  * property on the layer object; for example, setting `title: 'My Title'` in the
  * options means that `title` is observable, and has get/set accessors.
  *
+ * **Important**: after removing a `WebGLTile` layer from your map, call `layer.dispose()`
+ * to clean up underlying resources.
+ *
  * @extends BaseTileLayer<import("../source/DataTile.js").default|import("../source/TileImage.js").default>
  * @api
  */
@@ -320,4 +323,11 @@ class WebGLTileLayer extends BaseTileLayer {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clean up underlying WebGL resources.
+ * @function
+ * @api
+ */
+WebGLTileLayer.prototype.dispose;
+
 export default WebGLTileLayer;
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
index 59822fe1df..a492f9f11c 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class WebGLLayerRenderer extends LayerRenderer {
    */
   disposeInternal() {
     this.helper.dispose();
+    delete this.helper;
+
     super.disposeInternal();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
index 3565df7117..81f8f77bb3 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ class WebGLTileLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
     this.indices_ = indices;
 
     const cacheSize = options.cacheSize !== undefined ? options.cacheSize : 512;
+
+    /**
+     * @type {import("../../structs/LRUCache.js").default<import("../../webgl/TileTexture.js").default>}
+     * @private
+     */
     this.tileTextureCache_ = new LRUCache(cacheSize);
 
     this.renderedOpacity_ = NaN;
@@ -533,6 +538,29 @@ class WebGLTileLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
     }
     return covered;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Clean up.
+   */
+  disposeInternal() {
+    const helper = this.helper;
+    const gl = helper.getGL();
+
+    helper.deleteBuffer(this.indices_);
+    delete this.indices_;
+
+    gl.deleteProgram(this.program_);
+    delete this.program_;
+
+    const tileTextureCache = this.tileTextureCache_;
+    tileTextureCache.forEach(function (tileTexture) {
+      tileTexture.dispose();
+    });
+    tileTextureCache.clear();
+    delete this.tileTextureCache_;
+
+    super.disposeInternal();
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js b/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
index 2cd4072e6c..0036feeaa8 100644
--- a/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
+++ b/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ class WebGLHelper extends Disposable {
       ContextEventType.RESTORED,
       this.boundHandleWebGLContextRestored_
     );
+
+    const extension = this.gl_.getExtension('WEBGL_lose_context');
+    if (extension) {
+      extension.loseContext();
+    }
+    delete this.gl_;
+    delete this.canvas_;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/webgltile.test.js b/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
similarity index 94%
rename from test/browser/spec/ol/layer/webgltile.test.js
rename to test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
index edd5aab452..32cf772507 100644
--- a/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/webgltile.test.js
+++ b/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ describe('ol/layer/WebGLTile', function () {
     document.body.removeChild(target);
   });
 
+  describe('dispose()', () => {
+    it('calls dispose on the renderer', () => {
+      const renderer = layer.getRenderer();
+      const spy = sinon.spy(renderer, 'dispose');
+      layer.dispose();
+      expect(spy.called).to.be(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('creates fragment and vertex shaders', function () {
     const compileShaderSpy = sinon.spy(WebGLHelper.prototype, 'compileShader');
     layer.createRenderer();