# PetscContainerDestroy
Destroys a PETSc container object. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscsys.h"    
PetscErrorCode PetscContainerDestroy(PetscContainer *obj)
```
Collective on obj


## Input Parameter

- ***obj -*** an object that was created with `PetscContainerCreate()`





## Note
If `PetscContainerSetUserDestroy()` was used to provide a user destroy object for the data provided with `PetscContainerSetPointer()`
then that function is called to destroy the data.


## See Also
 `PetscContainerCreate()`, `PetscContainerSetUserDestroy()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/objects/inherit.c.html#PetscContainerDestroy">src/sys/objects/inherit.c</A>


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