SDL_DestroyWindow

Destroy a window.

Header File

Syntax

void SDL_DestroyWindow(SDL_Window *window);

Function Parameters

SDL_Window *

window

the window to destroy.

Remarks

Any child windows owned by the window will be recursively destroyed as well.

Note that on some platforms, the visible window may not actually be removed from the screen until the SDL event loop is pumped again, even though the SDL_Window is no longer valid after this call.

Thread Safety

This function should only be called on the main thread.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.