diff --git a/windows/init.c b/windows/init.c
index 9539cf4d..60b60f2f 100644
--- a/windows/init.c
+++ b/windows/init.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ const char *uiInit(uiInitOptions *o)
 
 void uiUninit(void)
 {
-	// TODO free menus
+	uninitMenus();
 	// TODO delete hollow brush
 	// TODO uninit container
 	// TODO delete message font
diff --git a/windows/menu.c b/windows/menu.c
index 92e46850..341f7fb9 100644
--- a/windows/menu.c
+++ b/windows/menu.c
@@ -351,3 +351,30 @@ void freeMenubar(HMENU menubar)
 	}
 	// no need to worry about destroying any menus; destruction of the window they're in will do it for us
 }
+
+void uninitMenus(void)
+{
+	struct menu *m;
+	struct menuItem *item;
+	uintmax_t i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		m = menus[i];
+		uiFree(m->name);
+		for (j = 0; j < m->len; j++) {
+			item = m->items[j];
+			if (item->len != 0)
+				complain("menu item %p (%ws) still has uiWindows attached; did you forget to free some?", item, item->name);
+			if (item->name != NULL)
+				uiFree(item->name);
+			if (item->hmenus != NULL)
+				uiFree(item->hmenus);
+			uiFree(item);
+		}
+		if (m->items != NULL)
+			uiFree(m->items);
+		uiFree(m);
+	}
+	if (menus != NULL)
+		uiFree(menus);
+}
diff --git a/windows/uipriv_windows.h b/windows/uipriv_windows.h
index 0cdd2285..f6ff8643 100644
--- a/windows/uipriv_windows.h
+++ b/windows/uipriv_windows.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ extern HMENU makeMenubar(void);
 extern const uiMenuItem *menuIDToItem(UINT_PTR);
 extern void runMenuEvent(WORD, uiWindow *);
 extern void freeMenubar(HMENU);
+extern void uninitMenus(void);
 
 // alloc.c
 extern int initAlloc(void);