diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
index 5858f865273f..73b4de50289a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import android.text.TextUtils
 import android.text.TextWatcher
 import android.text.method.KeyListener
 import android.text.method.QwertyKeyListener
+import android.text.style.CharacterStyle
+import android.text.style.ParagraphStyle
 import android.util.TypedValue
 import android.view.ActionMode
 import android.view.DragEvent
@@ -1242,6 +1244,12 @@ public open class ReactEditText public constructor(context: Context) : AppCompat
       } catch (e: IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
         logSoftException(TAG, e)
       }
+      // The copy only feeds measurement, so drop editor bookkeeping spans. Some of them reference
+      // this view's Editable (PasswordTransformationMethod.Visible), and the cache is evicted only
+      // from finalize(), so keeping them would keep this view reachable for good.
+      stripSpansOfKind(sb, Any::class.java) { span ->
+        span !is CharacterStyle && span !is ParagraphStyle && span !is ReactSpan
+      }
     }
 
     // If we don't have text, make sure we have *something* to measure.