diff --git a/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/index.ts b/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/index.ts
index 1f9979af4bb..eba19067dbf 100644
--- a/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/index.ts
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ function renderStream(outputInfo: OutputItem, outputElement: HTMLElement, error:
 		const existing = existingContentParent.querySelector(`[output-item-id="${outputInfo.id}"]`) as HTMLElement | null;
 		if (existing) {
 			existing.replaceWith(content);
+			while (content.nextSibling) {
+				content.nextSibling.remove();
+			}
 		} else {
 			existingContentParent.appendChild(content);
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/test/notebookRenderer.test.ts b/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/test/notebookRenderer.test.ts
index 3ce2c4019e8..f01aa630956 100644
--- a/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/test/notebookRenderer.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/notebook-renderers/src/test/notebookRenderer.test.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ suite('Notebook builtin output renderer', () => {
 
 			const inserted = outputElement.firstChild as HTMLElement;
 			assert.ok(inserted, `nothing appended to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
-			assert.ok(!outputElement.classList.contains('remove-padding'), `Padding should not be removed for non-scrollable outputs: ${outputElement.classList}`);
+			assert.ok(outputElement.classList.contains('remove-padding'), `Padding should be removed for non-scrollable outputs: ${outputElement.classList}`);
 			assert.ok(!inserted.classList.contains('word-wrap') && !inserted.classList.contains('scrollable'),
 				`output content classList should not contain word-wrap and scrollable ${inserted.classList}`);
 			assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>content</') > -1, `Content was not added to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
@@ -225,5 +225,30 @@ suite('Notebook builtin output renderer', () => {
 		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>second stream content</') > -1, `Content was not added to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
 		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>third stream content</') > -1, `Content was not added to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
 	});
+
+	test(`Multiple adjacent streaming outputs, rerendering the first should erase the rest`, async () => {
+		const context = createContext();
+		const renderer = await activate(context);
+		assert.ok(renderer, 'Renderer not created');
+
+		const outputHtml = new OutputHtml();
+		const outputElement = outputHtml.getFirstOuputElement();
+		const outputItem1 = createOutputItem('first stream content', stdoutMimeType, '1');
+		const outputItem2 = createOutputItem('second stream content', stdoutMimeType, '2');
+		const outputItem3 = createOutputItem('third stream content', stderrMimeType, '3');
+		await renderer!.renderOutputItem(outputItem1, outputElement);
+		await renderer!.renderOutputItem(outputItem2, outputHtml.appendOutputElement());
+		await renderer!.renderOutputItem(outputItem3, outputHtml.appendOutputElement());
+		const newOutputItem1 = createOutputItem('replaced content', stderrMimeType, '1');
+		await renderer!.renderOutputItem(newOutputItem1, outputElement);
+
+
+		const inserted = outputElement.firstChild as HTMLElement;
+		assert.ok(inserted, `nothing appended to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
+		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>replaced content</') > -1, `Content was not added to output element: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
+		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>first stream content</') === -1, `Content was not cleared: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
+		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>second stream content</') === -1, `Content was not cleared: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
+		assert.ok(inserted.innerHTML.indexOf('>third stream content</') === -1, `Content was not cleared: ${outputElement.innerHTML}`);
+	});
 });