Laravel 5.2: Auth::logout() is not working

I also had similar problem in Laravel 5.2. You should change your route to

Route::get('auth/logout', 'Auth\AuthController@logout');

or in AuthController constructor add

public function __construct(){    $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => ['logout', 'getLogout']]);}

That worked for me.

use below code

Auth::logout();

or

auth()->logout();

The problem is from the 'guest' middleware in the AuthController constructor. It should be changed from $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']); to $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);

If you check the kernel file, you can see that your guest middleware point to \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class

This middleware checks if the user is authenticated and redirects the user to the root page if authenticated but lets the user carry out an action if not authenticated. By using $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']); , the middleware will not be applied when the getLogout function is called, thereby making it possible for authenticated users to make use of it.

N/B: As in the original answer, you can change getLogout to logout since the getLogout method simply returns the logout method in laravel's implementation.