###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) is the current stable version!) # SDL_Metal_DestroyView Destroy an existing [SDL_MetalView](SDL_MetalView) object. ## Header File Defined in [](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_metal.h) ## Syntax ```c void SDL_Metal_DestroyView(SDL_MetalView view); ``` ## Function Parameters | | | | | ------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------ | | [SDL_MetalView](SDL_MetalView) | **view** | the [SDL_MetalView](SDL_MetalView) object. | ## 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 3.0.0. ## See Also - [SDL_Metal_CreateView](SDL_Metal_CreateView) ---- [CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryMetal](CategoryMetal)