diff --git a/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js b/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
index 9a8ce5704f..35feccabf6 100644
--- a/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
+++ b/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function($scope, $element, $attrs, $compile, $controller, $ionicNavBarDelegate,
 
   var DATA_ELE_IDENTIFIER = '$eleId';
   var DATA_DESTROY_ELE = '$destroyEle';
+  var DATA_NO_CACHE = '$noCache';
   var VIEW_STATUS_ACTIVE = 'active';
   var VIEW_STATUS_CACHED = 'cached';
   var HISTORY_AFTER_ROOT = 'after-root';
@@ -132,11 +133,10 @@ function($scope, $element, $attrs, $compile, $controller, $ionicNavBarDelegate,
 
   self.transitionEnd = function() {
     var viewElements = $element.children();
-    var viewElementsLength = viewElements.length;
-    var x, viewElement;
+    var x, l, viewElement;
     var isHistoryRoot;
 
-    for (x = 0; x < viewElementsLength; x++) {
+    for (x = 0, l = viewElements.length; x < l; x++) {
       viewElement = viewElements.eq(x);
 
       if (viewElement.data(DATA_ELE_IDENTIFIER) === activeEleId) {
@@ -144,14 +144,21 @@ function($scope, $element, $attrs, $compile, $controller, $ionicNavBarDelegate,
         navViewAttr(viewElement, VIEW_STATUS_ACTIVE);
         isHistoryRoot = $ionicViewSwitcher.isHistoryRoot(viewElement);
 
-      } else if (navViewAttr(viewElement) === 'leaving' || navViewAttr(viewElement) === VIEW_STATUS_ACTIVE) {
-        // this is a leaving element or was the former active element
-        navViewAttr(viewElement, VIEW_STATUS_CACHED);
+      } else if (navViewAttr(viewElement) === 'leaving' || navViewAttr(viewElement) === VIEW_STATUS_ACTIVE || navViewAttr(viewElement) === VIEW_STATUS_CACHED) {
+        // this is a leaving element or was the former active element, or is an cached element
+        if (viewElement.data(DATA_DESTROY_ELE) || viewElement.data(DATA_NO_CACHE)) {
+          // this element shouldn't stay cached
+          $ionicViewSwitcher.destroyViewEle(viewElement);
+        } else {
+          // keep in the DOM, mark as cached
+          navViewAttr(viewElement, VIEW_STATUS_CACHED);
+        }
       }
     }
 
     if (isHistoryRoot) {
-      for (x = 0; x < viewElementsLength; x++) {
+      viewElements = $element.children();
+      for (x = 0, l = viewElements.length; x < l; x++) {
         viewElement = viewElements.eq(x);
 
         if ($ionicViewSwitcher.isHistoryRoot(viewElement) && navViewAttr(viewElement) !== VIEW_STATUS_ACTIVE) {
diff --git a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
index 16887b7409..f4566c6167 100644
--- a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
+++ b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function($timeout, $document, $q, $ionicClickBlock, $ionicConfig, $ionicNavBarDe
 
             // if the current state has cache:false
             // or the element has cache-view="false" attribute
-            if (viewState(viewLocals).cache === false || enteringEle.attr('cache-view') == 'false') {
+            if (viewState(viewLocals).cache === false || viewState(viewLocals).cache === 'false' || enteringEle.attr('cache-view') == 'false') {
               enteringEle.data(DATA_NO_CACHE, true);
             }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
index d5e59fbd9e..334a84bda0 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ describe('Ionic nav-view', function() {
     template: '<ion-view>ionViewCacheFalsePropertyState</ion-view>',
     cache: false
   },
+  rootView1State = {
+    cache: 'false',
+    views: {
+      'root': {
+        template: '<ion-view>rootView1State</ion-view>'
+      }
+    }
+  },
   tabAbstractState = {
     abstract: true,
     views: {
@@ -174,7 +182,8 @@ describe('Ionic nav-view', function() {
       .state('tabAbstract.tab1page1', tab1page1State)
       .state('tabAbstract.tab2page1', tab2page1State)
       .state('tabAbstract.tab3page1', tab3page1State)
-      .state('tabAbstract.tab3page2', tab3page2NoCacheState);
+      .state('tabAbstract.tab3page2', tab3page2NoCacheState)
+      .state('rootView1', rootView1State);
   }));
 
   beforeEach(inject(function(_$compile_, $ionicConfig, $rootScope) {
@@ -932,6 +941,25 @@ describe('Ionic nav-view', function() {
     expect(tab3Ele.getAttribute('nav-view')).toBe('cached');
   }));
 
+  it('should not cache ion-views when going between history and its the first load', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile, $ionicConfig) {
+    elem.append($compile('<ion-nav-view name="root"></ion-nav-view>')(scope));
+
+    $state.go(rootView1State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+    expect(elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('ion-view').length).toBe(1);
+    expect(elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('ion-view').eq(0).text()).toBe('rootView1State');
+
+    $state.go(tab1page1State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    var tab1Ele = elem[0].querySelector('ion-nav-view[name="tab1"]');
+    expect(tab1Ele.getAttribute('nav-view')).toBe('active');
+
+    expect(elem[0].querySelector('ion-nav-view[name="root"]').children.length).toBe(1);
+  }));
+
   it('should not cache a tab with cache false state property', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile, $ionicConfig) {
     elem.append($compile('<ion-nav-view name="root"></ion-nav-view>')(scope));