###### (This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current stable version.)
# SDL_Metal_DestroyView

Destroy an existing [SDL_MetalView](SDL_MetalView) object.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_metal.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_metal.h)

## Syntax

```c
void SDL_Metal_DestroyView(SDL_MetalView view);
```

## Remarks

This should be called before [SDL_DestroyWindow](SDL_DestroyWindow), if
[SDL_Metal_CreateView](SDL_Metal_CreateView) was called after
[SDL_CreateWindow](SDL_CreateWindow).

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.12.

## See Also

- [SDL_Metal_CreateView](SDL_Metal_CreateView)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryMetal](CategoryMetal)