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# SDL_DestroyRenderer

Destroy the rendering context for a window and free associated textures.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_render.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_render.h)

## Syntax

```c
void SDL_DestroyRenderer(SDL_Renderer *renderer);

```

## Function Parameters

|                  |                       |
| ---------------- | --------------------- |
| **renderer**     | the rendering context |

## Remarks

If `renderer` is NULL, this function will return immediately after setting
the SDL error message to "Invalid renderer". See
[SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)().

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_CreateRenderer](SDL_CreateRenderer)

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