plugins/preview-tui     | 5 ++++-
 plugins/preview-tui-ext | 5 ++++-

diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui b/plugins/preview-tui
index 31841e7f18ce28a16a3b29a244467a1d161085fc..0e5eeb681ca68ce6ffef10f51de91de6132a4c01 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@     tail --follow "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" | ueberzug layer --silent --parser json &
     preview_fifo &
     wait
 }
-[ "$TERMINAL" != "kitty" ] && [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ] && exists ueberzug && trap 'ueberzug_refresh' WINCH
+if [ "$TERMINAL" != "kitty" ] && [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ] && exists ueberzug; then
+    trap 'ueberzug_refresh' WINCH
+    trap 'rm "$FIFO_UEBERZUG"' INT HUP EXIT
+fi
 
 preview_fifo() {
     # use cat instead of 'exec <' to avoid issues with dash shell
diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui-ext b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
index 8fc03b60de72cf42e33a73f95dd94999c00047e9..78634a7c71c8568848a7068941c2ff086a1803e2 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui-ext
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@     tail --follow "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" | ueberzug layer --silent --parser json &
     preview_fifo &
     wait
 }
-[ "$TERMINAL" != "kitty" ] && [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ] && exists ueberzug && trap 'ueberzug_refresh' WINCH
+if [ "$TERMINAL" != "kitty" ] && [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ] && exists ueberzug; then
+    trap 'ueberzug_refresh' WINCH
+    trap 'rm "$FIFO_UEBERZUG"' INT HUP EXIT
+fi
 
 preview_fifo() {
     # use cat instead of 'exec <' to avoid issues with dash shell