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# Destroy

Node description and basic instructions

### Description

Destroys a gameobject, component or asset.

The object *obj* will be destroyed now or if a time is specified *t* seconds from now.

**To create it**, right-click on free space in AI Tree inspector and select <mark style="color:purple;">Create Node/Tasks/Object/Destroy.</mark>

This task node has a number of fields, that are highlighted in picture below.

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### Fields

| Name              | Description                            |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| Node Name         | Name of node                           |
| Ignore About Self | Whether node ignores abort self or not |
| Target            | Target you want to destroy             |

{% hint style="info" %}
Actual object destruction is always delayed until after the current Update loop, but will always be done before rendering.
{% endhint %}