diff --git a/src/app/sessions/CreateFirstSession.tsx b/src/app/sessions/CreateFirstSession.tsx
index c18b826..1c278ec 100644
--- a/src/app/sessions/CreateFirstSession.tsx
+++ b/src/app/sessions/CreateFirstSession.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
  * Inline name input + Create button. On success, navigates the hash to
  * the new session so the rest of the app mounts. Used both on first
  * launch (no sessions yet) and after the last session was deleted.
+ *
+ * Also surfaces a "Reset all data" affordance for users who want a
+ * clean slate without digging into devtools — wipes every
+ * `citation-evidence:*` key from localStorage and reloads.
  */
 
-import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
+import { clearAllSessionData } from "@engine/index";
 import { useSessionService } from "@work/index";
 
 import { navigateTo } from "./routing";
@@ -16,8 +21,15 @@ export function CreateFirstSession() {
   const service = useSessionService();
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [pendingReset, setPendingReset] = useState(false);
   const hasOthers = service.list().length > 0;
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingReset) return;
+    const t = setTimeout(() => setPendingReset(false), 5000);
+    return () => clearTimeout(t);
+  }, [pendingReset]);
+
   const handleCreate = useCallback(() => {
     setError(null);
     try {
@@ -28,6 +40,18 @@ export function CreateFirstSession() {
     }
   }, [name, service]);
 
+  const handleResetAll = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!pendingReset) {
+      setPendingReset(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    clearAllSessionData();
+    if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+      window.location.hash = "";
+      window.location.reload();
+    }
+  }, [pendingReset]);
+
   return (
     <div
       data-testid="empty-state"
@@ -99,6 +123,23 @@ export function CreateFirstSession() {
           {error}
         </div>
       )}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={handleResetAll}
+        data-testid="empty-state-reset-all"
+        title="Wipe every session, uploaded PDF, and annotation from this browser — then reload."
+        style={{
+          marginTop: 24,
+          fontSize: 11,
+          color: "#7a0000",
+          background: "transparent",
+          border: "none",
+          cursor: "pointer",
+          textDecoration: "underline",
+        }}
+      >
+        {pendingReset ? "Confirm — wipe everything?" : "Reset all data…"}
+      </button>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/sessions/SessionMenu.tsx b/src/app/sessions/SessionMenu.tsx
index 36a6758..d9cb8b8 100644
--- a/src/app/sessions/SessionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/app/sessions/SessionMenu.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
 
+import type { SessionId } from "@shared/ids";
 import type { Session } from "@shared/session";
 import { useActiveSession, useSessionListTick, useSessionService } from "@work/index";
+import { clearAllSessionData } from "@engine/index";
 
 import { navigateTo } from "./routing";
 
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ export function SessionMenu({ onExportZip, onImportZip, onOpenSamples }: Session
   const [renaming, setRenaming] = useState(false);
   const [renameValue, setRenameValue] = useState("");
   const [pendingDelete, setPendingDelete] = useState(false);
+  /** Per-row delete confirmation: id of the session armed for delete. */
+  const [pendingRowDelete, setPendingRowDelete] = useState<SessionId | null>(null);
+  const [pendingResetAll, setPendingResetAll] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const wrapperRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
@@ -60,12 +65,28 @@ export function SessionMenu({ onExportZip, onImportZip, onOpenSamples }: Session
         setCreating(false);
         setRenaming(false);
         setPendingDelete(false);
+        setPendingRowDelete(null);
+        setPendingResetAll(false);
       }
     };
     window.addEventListener("mousedown", handler);
     return () => window.removeEventListener("mousedown", handler);
   }, [open]);
 
+  // Auto-clear pending row-delete after a few seconds so the user
+  // doesn't accidentally double-click much later and lose data.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingRowDelete) return;
+    const t = setTimeout(() => setPendingRowDelete(null), 3000);
+    return () => clearTimeout(t);
+  }, [pendingRowDelete]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingResetAll) return;
+    const t = setTimeout(() => setPendingResetAll(false), 5000);
+    return () => clearTimeout(t);
+  }, [pendingResetAll]);
+
   const switchTo = useCallback(
     (sessionId: import("@shared/ids").SessionId) => {
       navigateTo({ sessionId, mode: "review" });
@@ -111,6 +132,41 @@ export function SessionMenu({ onExportZip, onImportZip, onOpenSamples }: Session
     navigateTo({ sessionId: null, mode: "review" });
   }, [active, pendingDelete, service]);
 
+  const handleRowDelete = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent, id: SessionId) => {
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      if (pendingRowDelete !== id) {
+        setPendingRowDelete(id);
+        return;
+      }
+      const wasActive = active?.id === id;
+      service.delete(id);
+      setPendingRowDelete(null);
+      if (wasActive) {
+        setOpen(false);
+        navigateTo({ sessionId: null, mode: "review" });
+      }
+    },
+    [active, pendingRowDelete, service],
+  );
+
+  const handleResetAll = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!pendingResetAll) {
+      setPendingResetAll(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    clearAllSessionData();
+    setPendingResetAll(false);
+    setOpen(false);
+    // Force a full reload so every in-memory cache (sessions repo,
+    // byte stores, engine snapshots) starts fresh from the cleared
+    // localStorage.
+    if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+      window.location.hash = "";
+      window.location.reload();
+    }
+  }, [pendingResetAll]);
+
   return (
     <div ref={wrapperRef} style={{ position: "relative" }} data-testid="session-menu">
       <button
@@ -155,22 +211,48 @@ export function SessionMenu({ onExportZip, onImportZip, onOpenSamples }: Session
               <div style={{ padding: "4px 8px", color: "#666", fontSize: 11 }}>
                 Switch to…
               </div>
-              {sessions.map((s) => (
-                <button
-                  key={s.id}
-                  type="button"
-                  role="menuitem"
-                  data-testid={`session-switch-${s.id}`}
-                  onClick={() => switchTo(s.id)}
-                  style={{
-                    ...menuItemStyle,
-                    background: active?.id === s.id ? "#e8f0ff" : "transparent",
-                  }}
-                >
-                  {s.name}
-                  {active?.id === s.id ? " · open" : ""}
-                </button>
-              ))}
+              {sessions.map((s) => {
+                const rowArmed = pendingRowDelete === s.id;
+                return (
+                  <div
+                    key={s.id}
+                    style={{
+                      display: "flex",
+                      alignItems: "center",
+                      background: active?.id === s.id ? "#e8f0ff" : "transparent",
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      role="menuitem"
+                      data-testid={`session-switch-${s.id}`}
+                      onClick={() => switchTo(s.id)}
+                      style={{ ...menuItemStyle, flex: 1 }}
+                    >
+                      {s.name}
+                      {active?.id === s.id ? " · open" : ""}
+                    </button>
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      aria-label={`Delete session ${s.name}`}
+                      data-testid={`session-row-delete-${s.id}`}
+                      onClick={(e) => handleRowDelete(e, s.id)}
+                      title={rowArmed ? "Click again to confirm" : "Delete session and drop all its data"}
+                      style={{
+                        background: rowArmed ? "#ffe5e5" : "transparent",
+                        border: "none",
+                        color: "#7a0000",
+                        cursor: "pointer",
+                        padding: "4px 8px",
+                        fontSize: 14,
+                        lineHeight: 1,
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      {rowArmed ? "Confirm?" : "✕"}
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                );
+              })}
               <hr style={dividerStyle} />
             </>
           )}
@@ -316,6 +398,20 @@ export function SessionMenu({ onExportZip, onImportZip, onOpenSamples }: Session
             </button>
           )}
 
+          <hr style={dividerStyle} />
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            role="menuitem"
+            data-testid="session-menu-reset-all"
+            onClick={handleResetAll}
+            title="Wipe every session, every uploaded PDF, every annotation — and reload."
+            style={{ ...menuItemStyle, color: "#7a0000" }}
+          >
+            {pendingResetAll
+              ? "Confirm — wipe everything?"
+              : "Reset all data…"}
+          </button>
+
           {error && (
             <div
               data-testid="session-menu-error"
diff --git a/src/engine/services/index.ts b/src/engine/services/index.ts
index 19268a0..6e09266 100644
--- a/src/engine/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/engine/services/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export {
 export {
   ACTIVE_SESSION_KEY,
   attachSessionPersister,
+  clearAllSessionData,
   createSessionService,
   DuplicateSessionNameError,
   engineSnapshotKey,
diff --git a/src/engine/services/sessions.ts b/src/engine/services/sessions.ts
index 6919ae5..aad625a 100644
--- a/src/engine/services/sessions.ts
+++ b/src/engine/services/sessions.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ export function attachSessionPersister(
     writeIndex();
     try {
       storage.removeItem(engineSnapshotKey(sessionId));
+      // Also drop the per-session active-document-id key — otherwise
+      // it gets orphaned and accumulates in localStorage forever.
+      storage.removeItem(`citation-evidence:session:${sessionId}:active-document-id:v1`);
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn("attachSessionPersister: snapshot cleanup failed", err);
     }
@@ -265,6 +268,26 @@ export interface RestoreSessionsResult {
  * (which is attached after restore) doesn't immediately re-write what
  * we just read.
  */
+/**
+ * Wipe every `citation-evidence:*` key from storage. Intended for the
+ * "Reset all data" UX affordance — gives the user a clean slate without
+ * having to dig into devtools. Returns the number of keys removed.
+ *
+ * The implementation enumerates the storage's keys (via `Storage.length`
+ * + `Storage.key(i)`) because there is no namespaced `clear()` API.
+ */
+export function clearAllSessionData(
+  storage: Pick<Storage, "getItem" | "setItem" | "removeItem" | "key" | "length"> = globalThis.localStorage,
+): number {
+  const toRemove: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < storage.length; i++) {
+    const k = storage.key(i);
+    if (k && k.startsWith("citation-evidence:")) toRemove.push(k);
+  }
+  for (const k of toRemove) storage.removeItem(k);
+  return toRemove.length;
+}
+
 export function restoreSessionsFromStorage(
   repo: SessionRepository,
   service: SessionService,
diff --git a/src/work/ViewerShell.tsx b/src/work/ViewerShell.tsx
index 96d1d4e..1807776 100644
--- a/src/work/ViewerShell.tsx
+++ b/src/work/ViewerShell.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ export function ViewerShell() {
 
   const fileUrl = useMemo(() => {
     if (!document) return null;
+    // CE-WP-0005: uploads + sample sessions stash a `blob:` URL on
+    // `document.uri` via the per-session `PdfByteStore`. Prefer that
+    // over the legacy fixture-path fallback so user uploads don't get
+    // resolved against `/fixtures/pdfs/` (which would either 404 or —
+    // worse — silently return the wrong file when the filename happens
+    // to collide with a bundled fixture).
+    if (document.uri) return document.uri;
     const titleOrId = document.title ?? document.id;
     return `/fixtures/pdfs/${encodeURIComponent(titleOrId)}`;
   }, [document]);