diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
index e6204e2b05..5dece342c6 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ export class TextCellComponent extends CellView implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 	private updateCellSource(): void {
 		let textOutputElement = <HTMLElement>this.output.nativeElement;
 		let newCellSource: string = this._htmlMarkdownConverter.convert(textOutputElement.innerHTML);
+		// reset cell attachments to remove unused image data since we're going to go through each of them again
+		this.cellModel.attachments = {};
 		this.cellModel.source = newCellSource;
 		this._changeRef.detectChanges();
 	}
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/cell.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/cell.ts
index 3de022e0f6..7445d83df6 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/cell.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/cell.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class CellModel extends Disposable implements ICellModel {
 	private _isInjectedParameter: boolean;
 	private _previousChartState: IInsightOptions[] = [];
 	private _outputCounter = 0; // When re-executing the same cell, ensure that we apply chart options in the same order
-	private _attachments: nb.ICellAttachments;
+	private _attachments: nb.ICellAttachments | undefined;
 	private _preventNextChartCache: boolean = false;
 
 	constructor(cellData: nb.ICellContents,
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ export class CellModel extends Disposable implements ICellModel {
 		return this._attachments;
 	}
 
+	public set attachments(attachments: nb.ICellAttachments | undefined) {
+		this._attachments = attachments ?? {};
+	}
+
 	addAttachment(mimeType: string, base64Encoding: string, name: string): string {
 		// base64Encoded value looks like: data:application/octet-stream;base64,<base64Value>
 		// get the <base64Value> from the string
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/modelInterfaces.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/modelInterfaces.ts
index 3c8c7e6b8f..12b4eeafaa 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/modelInterfaces.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/notebook/browser/models/modelInterfaces.ts
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ export interface ICellModel {
 	sendChangeToNotebook(change: NotebookChangeType): void;
 	cellSourceChanged: boolean;
 	readonly savedConnectionName: string | undefined;
-	readonly attachments: nb.ICellAttachments;
+	attachments: nb.ICellAttachments | undefined;
 	readonly currentMode: CellEditModes;
 	/**
 	 * Adds image as an attachment to cell metadata