destroy

Prepares the Button for safe removal from DOM. Detaches all event handlers and removes jQuery.data attributes to avoid memory leaks. Calls destroy method of any child Kendo widgets.

Important: This method does not remove the Button element from DOM.

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    <div data-role="view">
      Foo
      Remove button
    </div>


    <script>
      var app = new kendo.mobile.Application();

      function removeBtn() {
        $("#btn").data("kendoMobileButton").destroy(); //detach events
        $("#btn").remove();
      }
    </script>
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