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

<div id="signature"></div>
<script>
    $("#signature").kendoSignature();
    var signature = $("#signature").data("kendoSignature");
    signature.destroy();
</script>
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