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Destroy

methods

Prepares the Touch 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 Touch element from DOM.

destroy

<div id="touch">Touch me</div>
<script>
var touch = $("#touch").kendoTouch({
    tap: function(e) {
        console.log("Touch tapped");
    }
});

// Get the Touch widget instance
var touchWidget = touch.data("kendoTouch");

// Destroy the Touch widget
touchWidget.destroy();
</script>