# How to make a instance delete it's self

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-instance-delete-its-self/226782>\
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**Created:** [May 23, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-instance-delete-its-self/226782 "2007-05-23T23:23:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-instance-delete-its-self/226782/1 "2007-05-23T23:23:44Z")

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ok say i wanted to add a function to a class that made it delete its self, this code checks out to be ok, but doesn’t work can somebody explain to me how i would do this

```auto

class suicide {
    function suicide() {
        delete this;
    }
}

```