# Cannot remove eventlistener?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-remove-eventlistener/328337>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-remove-eventlistener/328337 "2012-05-09T13:47:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![eggblade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@eggblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eggblade)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cannot-remove-eventlistener/328337/1 "2012-05-09T13:47:44Z")

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I have this structure for my code :

A{ {X} {Y1} {B{Z}Y2} }

Y1 contains addEventListener to buttonA and Y2 contains removeEventListener from buttonA,but why Y2 won’t work,so the eventlistener cannot be removed?

thanks.