# How to destroy UMG widget?

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**Category:** UI\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [January 10, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-destroy-umg-widget/18612 "2015-01-10T03:56:53Z")\
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Memory leaks are much more likely without garbage collection, as you have to manually destroy everything.

Hopefully this will shed some light on the memory management in ue4.

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It is possible to manually initiate garbage collection for a specific uobject if that’s what you would like. (This requires C++ however I believe)

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