diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
index 2fb868b5e0..717fa06d73 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ export function addRemoveViewFromContainer(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detach a `LView` from the DOM by detaching its nodes.
+ *
+ * @param lView the `LView` to be detached.
+ */
+export function renderDetachView(lView: LView) {
+  walkTNodeTree(lView, WalkTNodeTreeAction.Detach, lView[RENDERER], null);
+}
+
 /**
  * Traverses down and up the tree of views and containers to remove listeners and
  * call onDestroy callbacks.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
index 95539e1b5b..51bcc314d6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {EmbeddedViewRef as viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef, InternalViewRef as viewEn
 import {checkNoChangesInRootView, checkNoChangesInternal, detectChangesInRootView, detectChangesInternal, markViewDirty, storeCleanupFn} from './instructions';
 import {TElementNode, TNode, TNodeType, TViewNode} from './interfaces/node';
 import {FLAGS, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, T_HOST} from './interfaces/view';
-import {destroyLView} from './node_manipulation';
+import {destroyLView, renderDetachView} from './node_manipulation';
 import {findComponentView, getLViewParent} from './util/view_traversal_utils';
 import {getNativeByTNode} from './util/view_utils';
 
@@ -262,7 +262,10 @@ export class ViewRef<T> implements viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T>, viewEngine_Int
     this._viewContainerRef = vcRef;
   }
 
-  detachFromAppRef() { this._appRef = null; }
+  detachFromAppRef() {
+    this._appRef = null;
+    renderDetachView(this._lView);
+  }
 
   attachToAppRef(appRef: ApplicationRef) {
     if (this._viewContainerRef) {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_ref_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..975d38e6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_ref_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {ApplicationRef, Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, Injector, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+import {InternalViewRef} from '@angular/core/src/linker/view_ref';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+
+describe('ViewRef', () => {
+  it('should remove nodes from DOM when the view is detached from app ref', () => {
+
+    @Component({selector: 'dynamic-cpt', template: '<div></div>'})
+    class DynamicComponent {
+      constructor(public elRef: ElementRef) {}
+    }
+
+    @Component({template: `<span></span>`})
+    class App {
+      componentRef !: ComponentRef<DynamicComponent>;
+      constructor(
+          public appRef: ApplicationRef, private cfr: ComponentFactoryResolver,
+          private injector: Injector) {}
+
+      create() {
+        const componentFactory = this.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(DynamicComponent);
+        this.componentRef = componentFactory.create(this.injector);
+        (this.componentRef.hostView as InternalViewRef).attachToAppRef(this.appRef);
+        document.body.appendChild(this.componentRef.instance.elRef.nativeElement);
+      }
+
+      destroy() { (this.componentRef.hostView as InternalViewRef).detachFromAppRef(); }
+    }
+
+    @NgModule({declarations: [App, DynamicComponent], entryComponents: [DynamicComponent]})
+    class MyTestModule {
+    }
+
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({imports: [MyTestModule]});
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const appComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+    appComponent.create();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(document.body.querySelector('dynamic-cpt')).not.toBeUndefined();
+
+    appComponent.destroy();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(document.body.querySelector('dynamic-cpt')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 03caa09233..87495a342b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@
   {
     "name": "renderComponentOrTemplate"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "renderDetachView"
+  },
   {
     "name": "renderEmbeddedTemplate"
   },
diff --git a/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js b/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js
index 5bd5cc72b2..0e9ef7b185 100644
--- a/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js
+++ b/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js
@@ -17,18 +17,10 @@
 // tslint:disable
 
 window.testBlocklist = {
-  "Portals DomPortalOutlet should attach and detach a component portal without a ViewContainerRef": {
-    "error": "Error: Expected '<pizza-msg><p>Pizza</p><p>Chocolate</p></pizza-msg>' to be '', 'Expected the DomPortalOutlet to be empty after detach'.",
-    "notes": "Unknown"
-  },
   "CdkTable should be able to render multiple header and footer rows": {
     "error": "Error: Missing definitions for header, footer, and row; cannot determine which columns should be rendered.",
     "notes": "Attempting to access content children before view is initialized"
   },
-  "CdkTable should be able to render and change multiple header and footer rows": {
-    "error": "Error: Missing definitions for header, footer, and row; cannot determine which columns should be rendered.",
-    "notes": "Attempting to access content children before view is initialized"
-  },
   "CdkTable should render correctly when using native HTML tags": {
     "error": "Error: Missing definitions for header, footer, and row; cannot determine which columns should be rendered.",
     "notes": "Unknown"