Method annotated with @PreDestroy is not called when the page is refreshed using F5. This was the test:

• Every time I click F5 the page refreshes and a new View Scoped bean is created.
• Whenever I redirect to another page, the current View Scope bean is destroyed.
• Whenever I invalidate the session, ONLY the latest View Scoped beans that was created is destroyed

When I click F5 the view scoped bean is not destroyed but a new bean is created. Thus, the old bean is not removed any time.