diff --git a/examples/batch/main.cc b/examples/batch/main.cc
index 2793694d49..a417933247 100644
--- a/examples/batch/main.cc
+++ b/examples/batch/main.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace nostd          = opentelemetry::nostd;
 namespace
 {
 
-void initTracer()
+void InitTracer()
 {
   auto exporter = trace_exporter::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
 
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ void initTracer()
   trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 nostd::shared_ptr<trace_api::Tracer> get_tracer()
 {
   auto provider = trace_api::Provider::GetTracerProvider();
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ void StartAndEndSpans()
 int main()
 {
   // Removing this line will leave the default noop TracerProvider in place.
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
 
   std::cout << "Creating first batch of " << kNumSpans << " spans and waiting 3 seconds ...\n";
   StartAndEndSpans();
@@ -83,7 +89,9 @@ int main()
   StartAndEndSpans();
   printf("Shutting down and draining queue.... \n");
   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(2000));
-  // We immediately let the program terminate which invokes the processor destructor
+
+  // We invoke the processor destructor
   // which in turn invokes the processor Shutdown(), which finally drains the queue of ALL
   // its spans.
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/grpc/client.cc b/examples/grpc/client.cc
index f47dfa3a4b..f74b5840ce 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/client.cc
+++ b/examples/grpc/client.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void RunClient(uint16_t port)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
   // set global propagator
   context::propagation::GlobalTextMapPropagator::SetGlobalPropagator(
       opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<context::propagation::TextMapPropagator>(
@@ -114,5 +114,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     port = default_port;
   }
   RunClient(port);
+  CleanupTracer();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/grpc/server.cc b/examples/grpc/server.cc
index a38fe802d7..e912e49a0a 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/server.cc
+++ b/examples/grpc/server.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void RunServer(uint16_t port)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
   constexpr uint16_t default_port = 8800;
   uint16_t port;
   if (argc > 1)
@@ -120,5 +120,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   RunServer(port);
+  CleanupTracer();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/grpc/tracer_common.h b/examples/grpc/tracer_common.h
index 71f0afeaa7..073bffd50a 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/tracer_common.h
+++ b/examples/grpc/tracer_common.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class GrpcServerCarrier : public opentelemetry::context::propagation::TextMapCar
   ServerContext *context_;
 };
 
-void initTracer()
+void InitTracer()
 {
   auto exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::trace::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
   auto processor =
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ void initTracer()
           new opentelemetry::trace::propagation::HttpTraceContext()));
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::Tracer> get_tracer(std::string tracer_name)
 {
   auto provider = opentelemetry::trace::Provider::GetTracerProvider();
diff --git a/examples/http/client.cc b/examples/http/client.cc
index 9525b297e1..d12a672049 100644
--- a/examples/http/client.cc
+++ b/examples/http/client.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void sendRequest(const std::string &url)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
   constexpr char default_host[]   = "localhost";
   constexpr char default_path[]   = "/helloworld";
   constexpr uint16_t default_port = 8800;
@@ -92,4 +92,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   std::string url = "http://" + std::string(default_host) + ":" + std::to_string(port) +
                     std::string(default_path);
   sendRequest(url);
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/http/server.cc b/examples/http/server.cc
index 87a95500db..6b5947192b 100644
--- a/examples/http/server.cc
+++ b/examples/http/server.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class RequestHandler : public HTTP_SERVER_NS::HttpRequestCallback
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
 
   // The port the validation service listens to can be specified via the command line.
   if (argc > 1)
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   }
   http_server.Stop();
   root_span->End();
+  CleanupTracer();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/http/tracer_common.h b/examples/http/tracer_common.h
index a607f69293..f4d1402f24 100644
--- a/examples/http/tracer_common.h
+++ b/examples/http/tracer_common.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class HttpTextMapCarrier : public opentelemetry::context::propagation::TextMapCa
   T headers_;
 };
 
-void initTracer()
+void InitTracer()
 {
   auto exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::trace::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
   auto processor =
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ void initTracer()
           new opentelemetry::trace::propagation::HttpTraceContext()));
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::Tracer> get_tracer(std::string tracer_name)
 {
   auto provider = opentelemetry::trace::Provider::GetTracerProvider();
diff --git a/examples/jaeger/main.cc b/examples/jaeger/main.cc
index 2756f4ce2c..42d866972d 100644
--- a/examples/jaeger/main.cc
+++ b/examples/jaeger/main.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   // Set the global trace provider
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -42,4 +48,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/metrics_simple/metrics_ostream.cc b/examples/metrics_simple/metrics_ostream.cc
index a0403d53ba..c5c57cf35f 100644
--- a/examples/metrics_simple/metrics_ostream.cc
+++ b/examples/metrics_simple/metrics_ostream.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace metrics_api     = opentelemetry::metrics;
 namespace
 {
 
-void initMetrics(const std::string &name)
+void InitMetrics(const std::string &name)
 {
   std::unique_ptr<metric_sdk::PushMetricExporter> exporter{
       new exportermetrics::OStreamMetricExporter};
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ void initMetrics(const std::string &name)
              std::move(histogram_view));
   metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupMetrics()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<metrics_api::MeterProvider> none;
+  metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   std::string name{"ostream_metric_example"};
-  initMetrics(name);
+  InitMetrics(name);
 
   if (example_type == "counter")
   {
@@ -118,4 +124,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     observable_counter_example.join();
     histogram_example.join();
   }
+
+  CleanupMetrics();
 }
diff --git a/examples/multi_processor/main.cc b/examples/multi_processor/main.cc
index 86686daa79..685e35b727 100644
--- a/examples/multi_processor/main.cc
+++ b/examples/multi_processor/main.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace nostd     = opentelemetry::nostd;
 
 namespace
 {
-std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> initTracer()
+std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> InitTracer()
 {
   std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> data;
 
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> initTracer()
   return data;
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 void dumpSpans(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<trace_sdk::SpanData>> &spans)
 {
   char span_buf[trace_api::SpanId::kSize * 2];
@@ -79,9 +85,11 @@ void dumpSpans(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<trace_sdk::SpanData>> &spans)
 int main()
 {
   // Removing this line will leave the default noop TracerProvider in place.
-  std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> data = initTracer();
+  std::shared_ptr<InMemorySpanData> data = InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
   auto memory_spans = data->GetSpans();
   dumpSpans(memory_spans);
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/multithreaded/main.cc b/examples/multithreaded/main.cc
index 33679f8309..49eaf4d16d 100644
--- a/examples/multithreaded/main.cc
+++ b/examples/multithreaded/main.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace nostd     = opentelemetry::nostd;
 
 namespace
 {
-void initTracer()
+void InitTracer()
 {
   auto exporter  = opentelemetry::exporter::trace::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
   auto processor = trace_sdk::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ void initTracer()
   trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 nostd::shared_ptr<trace_api::Tracer> get_tracer()
 {
   auto provider = trace_api::Provider::GetTracerProvider();
@@ -56,10 +62,14 @@ void run_threads()
 
 int main()
 {
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
 
-  auto root_span = get_tracer()->StartSpan(__func__);
-  trace_api::Scope scope(root_span);
+  {
+    auto root_span = get_tracer()->StartSpan(__func__);
+    trace_api::Scope scope(root_span);
+
+    run_threads();
+  }
 
-  run_threads();
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/otlp/grpc_log_main.cc b/examples/otlp/grpc_log_main.cc
index 2dcfd92f1a..d6d9669a35 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/grpc_log_main.cc
+++ b/examples/otlp/grpc_log_main.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 void InitLogger()
 {
   // Create OTLP exporter instance
@@ -50,6 +56,12 @@ void InitLogger()
 
   opentelemetry::logs::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupLogger()
+{
+  nostd::shared_ptr<logs::LoggerProvider> none;
+  opentelemetry::logs::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -66,6 +78,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitLogger();
   InitTracer();
   foo_library();
+  CleanupTracer();
+  CleanupLogger();
 }
 #else
 int main()
diff --git a/examples/otlp/grpc_main.cc b/examples/otlp/grpc_main.cc
index 7d3dd3e4a8..f2e0c13427 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/grpc_main.cc
+++ b/examples/otlp/grpc_main.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   // Set the global trace provider
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -47,4 +53,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/otlp/grpc_metric_main.cc b/examples/otlp/grpc_metric_main.cc
index 6f82c07890..66d11d8f91 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/grpc_metric_main.cc
+++ b/examples/otlp/grpc_metric_main.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace
 
 otlp_exporter::OtlpGrpcMetricExporterOptions options;
 
-void initMetrics()
+void InitMetrics()
 {
   auto exporter = otlp_exporter::OtlpGrpcMetricExporterFactory::Create(options);
 
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ void initMetrics()
 
   metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupMetrics()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<metrics_api::MeterProvider> none;
+  metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
   }
   // Removing this line will leave the default noop MetricProvider in place.
-  initMetrics();
+  InitMetrics();
   std::string name{"otlp_grpc_metric_example"};
 
   if (example_type == "counter")
@@ -91,4 +97,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     observable_counter_example.join();
     histogram_example.join();
   }
+
+  CleanupMetrics();
 }
diff --git a/examples/otlp/http_log_main.cc b/examples/otlp/http_log_main.cc
index f8580d703f..53846ccef7 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/http_log_main.cc
+++ b/examples/otlp/http_log_main.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
 
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
 opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterOptions logger_opts;
 void InitLogger()
 {
@@ -57,6 +63,12 @@ void InitLogger()
 
   opentelemetry::logs::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupLogger()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<logs::LoggerProvider> none;
+  opentelemetry::logs::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 /*
@@ -99,6 +111,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitLogger();
   InitTracer();
   foo_library();
+  CleanupTracer();
+  CleanupLogger();
 }
 #else
 int main()
diff --git a/examples/otlp/http_main.cc b/examples/otlp/http_main.cc
index 8c52dba2b1..44f44e868f 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/http_main.cc
+++ b/examples/otlp/http_main.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   // Set the global trace provider
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 /*
@@ -77,4 +83,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/prometheus/main.cc b/examples/prometheus/main.cc
index 7742344931..a811291488 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus/main.cc
+++ b/examples/prometheus/main.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace metrics_api      = opentelemetry::metrics;
 namespace
 {
 
-void initMetrics(const std::string &name, const std::string &addr)
+void InitMetrics(const std::string &name, const std::string &addr)
 {
   metrics_exporter::PrometheusExporterOptions opts;
   if (!addr.empty())
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ void initMetrics(const std::string &name, const std::string &addr)
              std::move(histogram_view));
   metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupMetrics()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<metrics_api::MeterProvider> none;
+  metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   std::string name{"prometheus_metric_example"};
-  initMetrics(name, addr);
+  InitMetrics(name, addr);
 
   if (example_type == "counter")
   {
@@ -111,4 +117,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     counter_example.join();
     histogram_example.join();
   }
+
+  CleanupMetrics();
 }
diff --git a/examples/simple/main.cc b/examples/simple/main.cc
index dc630f47d9..6a8b28e4dd 100644
--- a/examples/simple/main.cc
+++ b/examples/simple/main.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace trace_exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::trace;
 
 namespace
 {
-void initTracer()
+void InitTracer()
 {
   auto exporter  = trace_exporter::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
   auto processor = trace_sdk::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
@@ -28,12 +28,20 @@ void initTracer()
   // Set the global trace provider
   trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main()
 {
   // Removing this line will leave the default noop TracerProvider in place.
-  initTracer();
+  InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }
diff --git a/examples/zipkin/main.cc b/examples/zipkin/main.cc
index e916cdf4f8..2f44c61447 100644
--- a/examples/zipkin/main.cc
+++ b/examples/zipkin/main.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ void InitTracer()
   // Set the global trace provider
   trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
+
+void CleanupTracer()
+{
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> none;
+  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -45,4 +51,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   InitTracer();
 
   foo_library();
+
+  CleanupTracer();
 }