From 0a9f3f7469cec1b0f0c22789c28ba584bca8bb2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasilica Olariu <olariu.vasilica@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:49:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add new method: destroy()

---
 src/main.ts         | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 types/src/main.d.ts |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 4141e8ac..db62181d 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export type NavigationAppProps = {
   integrations?: {[key: string]: 'disable'}
 }
 
-export type TcUniNavMethods = 'init' | 'update' | 'triggerFlow'
+export type TcUniNavMethods = 'init' | 'update' | 'destroy' | 'triggerFlow'
 
 export type TcUniNavFn = (
   method: TcUniNavMethods,
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ const NavigationLoadersMap = {
 
 const instancesContextStore: { [key: string]: Map<string, Writable<any>> } = {}
 
+async function destroy(
+  targetId: string,
+) {
+  if (typeof targetId !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error(`'targetId' should be a string`);
+  }
+
+  const targetEl: Element | null = document.getElementById(targetId);
+
+  if (targetEl?.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+    throw new Error(`[TcUnivNav] 'target' must be a valid dom element with an id of #${targetId}!`);
+  }
+
+  targetEl.innerHTML = '';
+  delete instancesContextStore[targetId];
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize the navigation component
  * @param targetId Target element ID
@@ -161,6 +178,10 @@ function execQueueCall(method: TcUniNavMethods, ...args: any[]) {
     triggerFlow.call(null, ...args)
   }
 
+  else if (method === 'destroy') {
+    destroy.call(null, ...args);
+  }
+
   else if (method === 'trigger') {
     appPubSub.publish.call(appPubSub, ...args);
   }
diff --git a/types/src/main.d.ts b/types/src/main.d.ts
index dda39c0e..cf0a307f 100644
--- a/types/src/main.d.ts
+++ b/types/src/main.d.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ export declare type NavigationAppProps = {
         [key: string]: 'disable';
     };
 };
-export declare type TcUniNavMethods = 'init' | 'update' | 'triggerFlow';
+export declare type TcUniNavMethods = 'init' | 'update' | 'destroy' | 'triggerFlow';
 export declare type TcUniNavFn = (method: TcUniNavMethods, targetId: string, config: NavigationAppProps) => void;

From 774cc3d3c233f8a4eb83f8ef31e871e65f3d90e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasilica Olariu <olariu.vasilica@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:52:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] safe check & delete instance

---
 src/main.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index db62181d..332f4964 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ const instancesContextStore: { [key: string]: Map<string, Writable<any>> } = {}
 async function destroy(
   targetId: string,
 ) {
+  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(instancesContextStore, targetId)) {
+    delete instancesContextStore[targetId];
+  }
+
   if (typeof targetId !== 'string') {
     throw new Error(`'targetId' should be a string`);
   }
@@ -68,7 +72,6 @@ async function destroy(
   }
 
   targetEl.innerHTML = '';
-  delete instancesContextStore[targetId];
 }
 
 /**