diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f52f1308..f59c0081 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ byobu (5.20) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #977225
     - add documentation about the status line background colors
 
+  [ Dustin Kirkland and Daniel Lee ]
+  * usr/lib/byobu/disk_io, usr/lib/byobu/mail, usr/lib/byobu/network:
+    - LP: #962730
+    - clear out cache on a few other status notifications where we go
+      from activity, to none
+
   [ https://launchpad.net/~ktyubuntu ]
   * usr/lib/byobu/logo: LP: #1004712
     - fix Red Hat logo detection
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/disk_io b/usr/lib/byobu/disk_io
index f1732d96..5978528f 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/disk_io
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/disk_io
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ __disk_io() {
 				unit="kB/s"
 			fi
 		fi
-		[ -z "$rate" ] && continue
-		[ "$rate" = "0" ] && continue
-		color b M W; printf "%s%s" "$symbol" "$rate"; color -; color M W; printf "%s" "$unit"; color --
+		if [ -z "$rate" ] || [ "$rate" = "0" ]; then
+			rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/disk_io"*
+		else
+			color b M W; printf "%s%s" "$symbol" "$rate"; color -; color M W; printf "%s" "$unit"; color --
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/mail b/usr/lib/byobu/mail
index 5abc598b..f57d2aa4 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/mail
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/mail
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ __mail_detail() {
 __mail() {
 	if [ -s "$MAILFILE" ]; then
 		 color b; printf "%s" "$ICON_MAIL"; color --
+	else
+		rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/mail"*
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/network b/usr/lib/byobu/network
index ed094586..2b1872a7 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/network
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/network
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ __network() {
 			esac
 			[ -n "$rate" ] || continue
 			color b m w; printf "%s%s" "$symbol" "$rate"; color -; color m w; printf "%s" "$unit"; color --
+		else
+			rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/network"*
 		fi
 	done
 }