diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
index 644d80f1f5..a6948efe7d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ window.playwrightMount = async (component, rootElement, hooksConfig) => {
     await hook({ hooksConfig });
 };
 
-window.playwrightUnmount = async (element, rootElement) => {  
+window.playwrightUnmount = async rootElement => {
   if (!ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(rootElement))
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
 };
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/registerSource.mjs
index 40ffd5aa98..788fd2886b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/registerSource.mjs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ window.playwrightMount = async (component, rootElement, hooksConfig) => {
     svelteComponent.$on(key, event => listener(event.detail));
 };
 
-window.playwrightUnmount = async (element, rootElement) => {
+window.playwrightUnmount = async rootElement => {
   const svelteComponent = /** @type {SvelteComponent} */ (rootElement[svelteComponentKey]);
   if (!svelteComponent)
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/registerSource.mjs
index dfd6f6e1a7..5f388308b8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/registerSource.mjs
@@ -168,21 +168,22 @@ window.playwrightMount = async (component, rootElement, hooksConfig) => {
   for (const hook of /** @type {any} */(window).__pw_hooks_before_mount || [])
     await hook({ app, hooksConfig });
   const instance = app.mount(rootElement);
-  instance.$el[appKey] = app;
-  instance.$el[componentKey] = wrapper;
+  rootElement[appKey] = app;
+  rootElement[componentKey] = wrapper;
+
   for (const hook of /** @type {any} */(window).__pw_hooks_after_mount || [])
     await hook({ app, hooksConfig, instance });
 };
 
-window.playwrightUnmount = async element => {
-  const app = /** @type {import('vue').App} */ (element[appKey]);
+window.playwrightUnmount = async rootElement => {
+  const app = /** @type {import('vue').App} */ (rootElement[appKey]);
   if (!app)
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
   app.unmount();
 };
 
-window.playwrightRerender = async (element, options) => {
-  const component = element[componentKey].component;
+window.playwrightRerender = async (rootElement, options) => {
+  const component = rootElement[componentKey].component;
   if (!component)
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
index 3edb704ab5..32185c2523 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ function render(component, h) {
   return wrapper;
 }
 
+const instanceKey = Symbol('instanceKey');
+
 window.playwrightMount = async (component, rootElement, hooksConfig) => {
   for (const hook of /** @type {any} */(window).__pw_hooks_before_mount || [])
     await hook({ hooksConfig });
@@ -142,18 +144,16 @@ window.playwrightMount = async (component, rootElement, hooksConfig) => {
     render: h => render(component, h),
   }).$mount();
   rootElement.appendChild(instance.$el);
-  /** @type {any} */ (instance.$el)[instanceKey] = instance;
+  /** @type {any} */ (rootElement)[instanceKey] = instance;
 
   for (const hook of /** @type {any} */(window).__pw_hooks_after_mount || [])
     await hook({ hooksConfig, instance });
 };
 
-window.playwrightUnmount = async element => {
-  const component = /** @type {any} */(element)[instanceKey];
+window.playwrightUnmount = async rootElement => {
+  const component = /** @type {any} */(rootElement)[instanceKey];
   if (!component)
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
   component.$destroy();
-  element.remove();
+  component.$el.remove();
 };
-
-const instanceKey = Symbol('instanceKey');
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/mount.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/mount.ts
index 9fee000f89..feeb6c9bf5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/mount.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/mount.ts
@@ -55,14 +55,15 @@ export const fixtures: Fixtures<
         const locator = page.locator(selector);
         return Object.assign(locator, {
           unmount: async () => {
-            await locator.evaluate(async element => {
+            await locator.evaluate(async () => {
               const rootElement = document.getElementById('root')!;
-              await window.playwrightUnmount(element, rootElement);
+              await window.playwrightUnmount(rootElement);
             });
           },
           rerender: async (options: Omit<MountOptions, 'hooksConfig'>) => {
             await locator.evaluate(async (element, options) => {
-              return await window.playwrightRerender(element, options);
+              const rootElement = document.getElementById('root')!;
+              return await window.playwrightRerender(rootElement, options);
             }, options);
           }
         });
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/types/component.d.ts b/packages/playwright-test/types/component.d.ts
index e1a96c9bd0..561d400832 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/types/component.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/types/component.d.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type Component = JsxComponent | ObjectComponent;
 declare global {
   interface Window {
     playwrightMount(component: Component, rootElement: Element, hooksConfig: any): Promise<void>;
-    playwrightUnmount(element: Element, rootElement: Element): Promise<void>;
-    playwrightRerender(element: Element, props: Omit<MountOptions, 'hooksConfig'>): Promise<void>;
+    playwrightUnmount(rootElement: Element): Promise<void>;
+    playwrightRerender(rootElement: Element, options: Omit<MountOptions, 'hooksConfig'>): Promise<void>;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/components/MultiRoot.vue b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/components/MultiRoot.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1c348d750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/components/MultiRoot.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<template>
+ <div>root 1</div>
+ <div>root 2</div>
+</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-jsx.spec.tsx b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-jsx.spec.tsx
index df4b20f286..755c9a4882 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-jsx.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-jsx.spec.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Button from './components/Button.vue'
 import Counter from './components/Counter.vue'
 import DefaultSlot from './components/DefaultSlot.vue'
 import NamedSlots from './components/NamedSlots.vue'
+import MultiRoot from './components/MultiRoot.vue'
 
 test.use({ viewport: { width: 500, height: 500 } })
 
@@ -83,3 +84,15 @@ test('should run hooks', async ({ page, mount }) => {
   })
   expect(messages).toEqual(['Before mount: {\"route\":\"A\"}, app: true', 'After mount el: HTMLButtonElement'])
 })
+
+test('unmount a multi root component should work', async ({ mount, page }) => {
+  const component = await mount(<MultiRoot />)
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 2')
+
+  await component.unmount()
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 2')
+})
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.js b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.js
index 87f262f9c5..cbcc3b3390 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.js
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue'
 import Button from './components/Button.vue'
 import Counter from './components/Counter.vue'
 import DefaultSlot from './components/DefaultSlot.vue'
+import MultiRoot from './components/MultiRoot.vue'
 import NamedSlots from './components/NamedSlots.vue'
 import Component from './components/Component.vue'
 
@@ -96,3 +97,15 @@ test('should run hooks', async ({ page, mount }) => {
   })
   expect(messages).toEqual(['Before mount: {\"route\":\"A\"}, app: true', 'After mount el: HTMLButtonElement'])
 })
+
+test('unmount a multi root component should work', async ({ mount, page }) => {
+  const component = await mount(MultiRoot)
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 2')
+
+  await component.unmount()
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 2')
+})
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.ts b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.ts
index 9587564652..c37774f8f3 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/src/notation-vue.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Button from './components/Button.vue'
 import Counter from './components/Counter.vue'
 import DefaultSlot from './components/DefaultSlot.vue'
 import NamedSlots from './components/NamedSlots.vue'
+import MultiRoot from './components/MultiRoot.vue'
 import Component from './components/Component.vue'
 
 test.use({ viewport: { width: 500, height: 500 } })
@@ -107,3 +108,15 @@ test('should unmount', async ({ page, mount }) => {
   await component.unmount();
   await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('Submit');
 });
+
+test('unmount a multi root component should work', async ({ mount, page }) => {
+  const component = await mount(MultiRoot)
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).toContainText('root 2')
+
+  await component.unmount()
+
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 1')
+  await expect(page.locator('#root')).not.toContainText('root 2')
+})