Remove jQuery Plugin Instances

sample.js

var $element = $('div#test');

// You can examine all of the events attached to an element
$._data($element.get(0), 'events');

// Remove namespaced events added using .on()
$element.off('pluginNamespace');
// Remove namespaced events added using .bind()
$element.unbind('.pluginNamespace');

// Here’s all wrapped up in a handy function
function($elem, eventNamespace) {
    var isInstantiated  = !! $.data($elem.get(0));
 
    if (isInstantiated) {
        $.removeData($elem.get(0));
        $elem.off(eventNamespace);
        $elem.unbind('.' + eventNamespace);
    }
};