Remove JQuery Plugin from DOM element

remove-plugin.js

/*-----------------------------------------------------------
|  Original author: 
|  * http://ub4.underblob.com/remove-jquery-plugin-instance/
------------------------------------------------------------*/

var destroyPlugin = function($elem, eventNamespace) {
	// check if plugin has a namespace
  var isInstantiated 	= !! $.data($elem.get(0));

	if (isInstantiated) {
    // remove all instances of plugin from element
    // if plugin(s) doesn't(don't) have destroy method
		$.removeData($elem.get(0));
    
    // Remove namespaced events added using .on()
		$elem.off(eventNamespace);
    
    // Remove namespaced events added using .bind()
		$elem.unbind('.' + eventNamespace);
	}
};

// If plugin doesn't have a namespace
// then you have to find all events 
// attached to DOM element
console.log(
  '$element events:', 
	$._data($element.get(0), 'events')
);