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Destroy

methods

Prepares the TabStrip 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 TabStrip element from DOM.

destroy

<div id="tabstrip">
    <ul>
        <li>Tab 1</li>
        <li>Tab 2</li>
    </ul>
    <div>Content 1</div>
    <div>Content 2</div>
</div>

<script>
    var tabStrip = $("#tabstrip").kendoTabStrip().data("kendoTabStrip");

    // destroy the widget
    tabStrip.destroy();
</script>