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Destroy

methods

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.

destroy

<div id="actionsheet"></div>
<script>
  var actionsheet = $('#actionsheet').kendoActionSheet({
      title:'Select item',
      items:[
          {
              text: 'Edit Item',
              icon: 'pencil',
              click: onClick
          },
          {
              text: 'Add to Favorites',
              icon: 'heart',
              click: onClick
          },
          {
              text: 'Upload New',
              icon: 'upload',
              click: onClick
          },
          {
              text: 'Cancel',
              icon: 'cancel',
              group: 'bottom',
              click: onClick
          },
      ]
  }).data('kendoActionSheet');

  actionsheet.open();
  function onClick(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      actionsheet.close();
  }
  actionsheet.destroy();
</script>