destroy

Prepares the widget 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 widget element from DOM.

Example - destroy the widget

<input id="otpinput" />
<script>
    $("#otpinput").kendoOTPInput({
        items: 3
    });

    var otpInput = $("#otpinput").getKendoOTPInput();
    otpInput.destroy();
</script>