diff --git a/src/lib/components/assets/shared/asset-preview.svelte b/src/lib/components/assets/shared/asset-preview.svelte
index 15ffaaec..4721cc38 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/assets/shared/asset-preview.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/assets/shared/asset-preview.svelte
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
    * Update the {@link loaded} state when the media is loaded.
    */
   const checkLoaded = async () => {
-    if (!mediaElement) {
+    if (!mediaElement || !src) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -133,10 +133,16 @@
     }
 
     loaded = true;
+
+    // Revoke the thumbnail blob URL
+    if (asset && isThumbnail && src?.startsWith('blob:')) {
+      URL.revokeObjectURL(src);
+    }
   };
 
   $: {
     void mediaElement;
+    void src;
     checkLoaded();
   }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/lib/services/assets/index.js b/src/lib/services/assets/index.js
index a2782e91..b8a76be5 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/assets/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/services/assets/index.js
@@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ let thumbnailDB = undefined;
  * @returns {Promise<string | undefined>} Thumbnail blob URL.
  */
 export const getAssetThumbnailURL = async (asset) => {
-  // Use a cached image if available
-  if (asset.thumbnailURL) {
-    return asset.thumbnailURL;
-  }
-
   const isPDF = asset.name.endsWith('.pdf');
 
   if (!(['image', 'video'].includes(asset.kind) || isPDF)) {
@@ -235,12 +230,7 @@ export const getAssetThumbnailURL = async (asset) => {
     await thumbnailDB?.set(asset.sha, thumbnailBlob);
   }
 
-  const thumbnailURL = URL.createObjectURL(thumbnailBlob);
-
-  // Cache the image as blob URL for later use
-  asset.thumbnailURL = thumbnailURL;
-
-  return thumbnailURL;
+  return URL.createObjectURL(thumbnailBlob);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/services/utils/media.js b/src/lib/services/utils/media.js
index 64abc6d5..a487df57 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/utils/media.js
+++ b/src/lib/services/utils/media.js
@@ -200,12 +200,13 @@ export const renderPDF = async (
     }
   }
 
+  const blobURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
   const canvas = new OffscreenCanvas(512, 512);
   const context = /** @type {OffscreenCanvasRenderingContext2D} */ (canvas.getContext('2d'));
 
   try {
     const pdfDocument = await pdfjs.getDocument({
-      url: URL.createObjectURL(blob),
+      url: blobURL,
       isEvalSupported: false,
       disableAutoFetch: true,
     }).promise;
@@ -219,6 +220,8 @@ export const renderPDF = async (
       canvasContext: context,
       viewport: scale === 1 ? viewport : pdfPage.getViewport({ scale }),
     }).promise;
+
+    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobURL);
   } catch {
     throw new Error('Failed to render PDF');
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/typedefs.js b/src/lib/typedefs.js
index d098f1e9..fcfc5dd0 100644
--- a/src/lib/typedefs.js
+++ b/src/lib/typedefs.js
@@ -900,8 +900,6 @@
  * @property {File} [file] - File object. Local backend only.
  * @property {string} [blobURL] - Blob URL for the asset. It’s a temporary URL for a remote file
  * being fetched or a local file being uploaded. Or `undefined` if the URL is not generated yet.
- * @property {string} [thumbnailURL] - Thumbnail Blob URL for the asset. Used to cache a rendered
- * thumbnail of a PDF document.
  * @property {string} name - File name.
  * @property {string} path - File path.
  * @property {string} sha - SHA-1 hash for the file.