diff --git a/cpp/src/wholememory_ops/temp_memory_handle.hpp b/cpp/src/wholememory_ops/temp_memory_handle.hpp
index 7f74677ba..408d3bfa1 100644
--- a/cpp/src/wholememory_ops/temp_memory_handle.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/wholememory_ops/temp_memory_handle.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class temp_memory_handle {
   ~temp_memory_handle() { free_memory(); }
   void* device_malloc(size_t elt_count, wholememory_dtype_t data_type)
   {
-    free_memory();
+    free_data();
     wholememory_tensor_description_t tensor_description;
     get_tensor_description(&tensor_description, elt_count, data_type);
     ptr_ = temp_mem_fns_->malloc_fn(
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class temp_memory_handle {
   }
   void* host_malloc(size_t elt_count, wholememory_dtype_t data_type)
   {
-    free_memory();
+    free_data();
     wholememory_tensor_description_t tensor_description;
     get_tensor_description(&tensor_description, elt_count, data_type);
     ptr_ = temp_mem_fns_->malloc_fn(
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class temp_memory_handle {
   }
   void* pinned_malloc(size_t elt_count, wholememory_dtype_t data_type)
   {
-    free_memory();
+    free_data();
     wholememory_tensor_description_t tensor_description;
     get_tensor_description(&tensor_description, elt_count, data_type);
     ptr_ = temp_mem_fns_->malloc_fn(
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ class temp_memory_handle {
     return ptr_;
   }
   [[nodiscard]] void* pointer() const { return ptr_; }
+  void free_data()
+  {
+    if (ptr_ != nullptr) {
+      temp_mem_fns_->free_fn(memory_context_, temp_mem_fns_->global_context);
+      ptr_ = nullptr;
+    }
+  }
   void free_memory()
   {
     if (ptr_ != nullptr) {
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch/wholegraph_env.py b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch/wholegraph_env.py
index aba4b6bea..d083a8abc 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch/wholegraph_env.py
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch/wholegraph_env.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ def free(self):
             torch_cpp_ext_lib.destroy_output_context(self.get_handle())
             self.handle = 0
 
+    def free_data(self):
+        self.tensor = None
+        if torch_cpp_ext_loaded and self.get_handle() != 0:
+            torch_cpp_ext_lib.free_context_data(self.get_handle())
+
 
 def torch_create_memory_context_env_fn(
     global_context: TorchEmptyGlobalContext,
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ def torch_malloc_env_fn(
 def torch_free_env_fn(
     memory_context: TorchMemoryContext, global_context: TorchEmptyGlobalContext
 ):
-    memory_context.free()
+    memory_context.free_data()
 
 
 class ExtContextWrapper(object):
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/torch_env_func_ptrs.cpp b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/torch_env_func_ptrs.cpp
index 15d2e5160..be0385d9c 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/torch_env_func_ptrs.cpp
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/torch_env_func_ptrs.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@ void destroy_output_context(void* output_context) {
   destroy_torch_memory_context_func(output_context, nullptr);
 }
 
+void free_context_data(void* output_context) {
+  torch_common_free_func(output_context, nullptr);
+}
+
 }  // namespace wholegraph_torch
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/wholegraph_torch_ext.cpp b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/wholegraph_torch_ext.cpp
index f1dcbecdb..d805d24a5 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/wholegraph_torch_ext.cpp
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/pylibwholegraph/torch_cpp_ext/wholegraph_torch_ext.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 #include <torch/extension.h>
 #include <torch/script.h>
 
@@ -24,6 +39,11 @@ void wrapped_destroy_output_context(int64_t output_context)
   wholegraph_torch::destroy_output_context(reinterpret_cast<void*>(output_context));
 }
 
+void wrapped_free_context_data(int64_t output_context)
+{
+  wholegraph_torch::free_context_data(reinterpret_cast<void*>(output_context), nullptr);
+}
+
 torch::Tensor get_torch_tensor_from_output_context(int64_t output_context)
 {
   auto* torch_output_context =
@@ -39,6 +59,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pylibwholegraph_torch_ext, m)
   m.def("get_stream", &wrapped_get_stream, "Get current CUDA stream.");
   m.def("create_output_context", &wrapped_create_output_context, "Create output memory context.");
   m.def("destroy_output_context", &wrapped_destroy_output_context, "Destroy output memory context.");
+  m.def("free_context_data", &wrapped_free_context_data, "Free data in output memory context.");
   m.def("get_tensor_from_context",
         &get_torch_tensor_from_output_context,
         "Get PyTorch Tensor from output memory context");