diff --git a/src/app/datasources/rest/auth.rest.ts b/src/app/datasources/rest/auth.rest.ts
index f963799..edf7705 100644
--- a/src/app/datasources/rest/auth.rest.ts
+++ b/src/app/datasources/rest/auth.rest.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   logout(): Promise<any>;
   getUser(): any; // NOTE how to define return user || false ???
   isAuthenticated(): boolean;
+  clearUser(): void;
 }
 export class AuthService {
 
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@
       xossessionid: this.$cookies.get('xossessionid')
     })
       .then(() => {
-        this.$cookies.remove('xoscsrftoken');
-        this.$cookies.remove('xossessionid');
-        this.$cookies.remove('xosuser');
+        this.clearUser();
         d.resolve();
       })
       .catch(e => {
@@ -67,6 +66,12 @@
     return d.promise;
   }
 
+  public clearUser(): void {
+    this.$cookies.remove('xoscsrftoken');
+    this.$cookies.remove('xossessionid');
+    this.$cookies.remove('xosuser');
+  }
+
   public getUser(): IXosUser {
     const user = this.$cookies.get('xosuser');
     if (angular.isDefined(user)) {