diff --git a/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue b/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
index 6d22f0b966b..98698554cf6 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
+++ b/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
 });
 
 onUnmounted(() => {
+    clearDirtyState();
     Statamic.$events.$emit('publish-container-destroyed', { name: props.name });
 });
 
diff --git a/resources/js/composables/dirty-state.js b/resources/js/composables/dirty-state.js
index 308e501b9a4..67dc312b9f2 100644
--- a/resources/js/composables/dirty-state.js
+++ b/resources/js/composables/dirty-state.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { router } from '@inertiajs/vue3';
 
 const dirty = ref([]);
 let inertiaWarningListener = null;
+let dirtyUrl = null;
+let dirtyState = null;
 
 function names() {
     return dirty.value;
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@ function count() {
 
 function add(name) {
     if (dirty.value.indexOf(name) == -1) {
+        if (! dirty.value.length) {
+            dirtyUrl = window.location.href;
+            dirtyState = window.history.state;
+        }
         dirty.value = [...dirty.value, name];
     }
 }
@@ -26,10 +32,12 @@ function remove(name) {
     dirty.value = dirty.value.filter((n) => n !== name);
 }
 
+function isWarningEnabled() {
+    return Statamic.$preferences.get('confirm_dirty_navigation', true);
+}
+
 function enableWarning() {
-    if (! Statamic.$preferences.get('confirm_dirty_navigation', true)) {
-        return;
-    }
+    if (! isWarningEnabled()) return;
 
     // For Inertia navigation (e.g. through Link component)
     inertiaWarningListener ??= router.on('before', event => {
@@ -43,15 +51,49 @@ function enableWarning() {
         return confirmed;
     });
 
-    // For browser navigation (e.g. back button, refresh, closing tab)
+    // For real page unload (refresh, tab close, cross-origin nav).
+    // popstate (back/forward, trackpad swipe) is handled separately below.
     window.onbeforeunload = () => '';
 }
 
 function disableWarning() {
     window.onbeforeunload = null;
     inertiaWarningListener && inertiaWarningListener();
+    inertiaWarningListener = null;
 }
 
+// Intercept browser back/forward (popstate) navigation. Inertia's popstate
+// handler swaps pages without firing its `before` event, so we register at
+// module load — before `createInertiaApp()` calls `eventHandler.init()` —
+// to ensure our listener runs first and can block Inertia via
+// `stopImmediatePropagation()`. See statamic/cms#14055.
+window.addEventListener('popstate', (event) => {
+    if (! dirty.value.length) return;
+    if (! isWarningEnabled()) return;
+
+    // Block Inertia's listener so it doesn't `setQuietly(..., { preserveState: false })`
+    // and wipe the in-memory form data before we've confirmed.
+    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+
+    // Re-push the dirty page we were just on so the URL/Inertia state are
+    // restored while the (synchronous) confirm() is open and after a cancel.
+    if (dirtyUrl && dirtyState) {
+        window.history.pushState(dirtyState, '', dirtyUrl);
+    }
+
+    const confirmed = confirm(__('statamic::messages.dirty_navigation_warning'));
+
+    if (! confirmed) return;
+
+    clear();
+    disableWarning();
+
+    // We're now on a re-pushed entry of the dirty page. Going back fires
+    // popstate again with the user's intended target; dirty is clean so
+    // Inertia handles it normally.
+    window.history.back();
+});
+
 function state(name, state) {
     state ? add(name) : remove(name);
 }
diff --git a/resources/js/tests/dirty-state.test.js b/resources/js/tests/dirty-state.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6989f1462f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/tests/dirty-state.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { test, expect, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+// Mock @inertiajs/vue3 router before importing the composable so it captures
+// the mock instead of the real router.
+vi.mock('@inertiajs/vue3', () => {
+    const listeners = { before: [], success: [] };
+    return {
+        router: {
+            on: (event, callback) => {
+                listeners[event].push(callback);
+                return () => {
+                    listeners[event] = listeners[event].filter((cb) => cb !== callback);
+                };
+            },
+            __listeners: listeners,
+        },
+    };
+});
+
+const setupGlobals = () => {
+    global.Statamic = {
+        $preferences: {
+            get: () => true,
+        },
+    };
+    global.__ = (key) => key;
+};
+
+let useDirtyState;
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    setupGlobals();
+    window.history.replaceState({ page: 'A', url: '/a' }, '', '/a');
+    useDirtyState = (await import('../composables/dirty-state.js')).default;
+});
+
+test('popstate is ignored when nothing is dirty', () => {
+    const { count } = useDirtyState();
+    const confirmSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'confirm').mockReturnValue(true);
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: null }));
+
+    expect(confirmSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(count()).toBe(0);
+
+    confirmSpy.mockRestore();
+});
+
+test('popstate prompts the user when the form is dirty', () => {
+    const { add, count } = useDirtyState();
+    const confirmSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'confirm').mockReturnValue(true);
+    const backSpy = vi.spyOn(window.history, 'back').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    add('entry');
+    expect(count()).toBe(1);
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: { page: 'A' } }));
+
+    expect(confirmSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('statamic::messages.dirty_navigation_warning');
+    expect(count()).toBe(0); // dirty cleared on confirmation
+    expect(backSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    confirmSpy.mockRestore();
+    backSpy.mockRestore();
+});
+
+test('cancelling the prompt re-pushes the dirty page state and keeps form dirty', () => {
+    const { add, count } = useDirtyState();
+
+    // The dirty URL/state is captured at the moment add() is called.
+    window.history.replaceState({ page: 'B', url: '/b' }, '', '/b');
+    add('entry');
+
+    const confirmSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'confirm').mockReturnValue(false);
+    const pushSpy = vi.spyOn(window.history, 'pushState');
+    const backSpy = vi.spyOn(window.history, 'back').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: { page: 'A' } }));
+
+    expect(confirmSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(count()).toBe(1); // still dirty
+    expect(backSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(pushSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ page: 'B', url: '/b' }, '', expect.stringContaining('/b'));
+
+    confirmSpy.mockRestore();
+    pushSpy.mockRestore();
+    backSpy.mockRestore();
+});
+
+test('popstate stops propagation so Inertia\'s listener cannot wipe form data', () => {
+    const { add } = useDirtyState();
+    const confirmSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'confirm').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+    add('entry');
+
+    let inertiaListenerFired = false;
+    const inertiaListener = () => { inertiaListenerFired = true; };
+    window.addEventListener('popstate', inertiaListener);
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: { page: 'A' } }));
+
+    expect(inertiaListenerFired).toBe(false);
+
+    window.removeEventListener('popstate', inertiaListener);
+    confirmSpy.mockRestore();
+});
+
+test('popstate is ignored when confirm_dirty_navigation preference is disabled', () => {
+    global.Statamic.$preferences.get = () => false;
+
+    const { add } = useDirtyState();
+    const confirmSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'confirm').mockReturnValue(true);
+
+    add('entry');
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: { page: 'A' } }));
+
+    expect(confirmSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    confirmSpy.mockRestore();
+});