# Should I even bother removing weak referenced Event Listeners?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-even-bother-removing-weak-referenced-event-listeners/318148>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 11, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-even-bother-removing-weak-referenced-event-listeners/318148 "2011-01-11T19:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Remex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alpha\_Remex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alpha_Remex)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-even-bother-removing-weak-referenced-event-listeners/318148/1 "2011-01-11T19:55:04Z")

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Title says it all, folks… I’m spending a lot of time in my kill functions ensuring that all of my listeners are removed… the bulk of them have weak referencing though… should I even bother?