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

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    var textarea = $("#description").kendoTextArea().data('kendoTextArea');
    textarea.destroy();
</script>