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="textbox" /> <script> $("#textbox").kendoTextBox(); var textbox = $("#textbox").data("kendoTextBox"); textbox.destroy(); </script>