# Memory leaks

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leaks/297619>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leaks/297619 "2009-10-06T03:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlexWD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@AlexWD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlexWD)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/memory-leaks/297619/1 "2009-10-06T03:13:55Z")

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When is it necessary to preform removeEventListener, if you’re removing a object through removeChild(), is it necessary to also remove all of it’s EventListeners?