Demo of Accordion destroy method using JQuery UI
Text about Header 1
Text about Header 2
Text header 3
Text about Header 4.
JQuery
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js'></script>
<script src='https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js'></script>
<link href='https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/cupertino/jquery-ui.css' rel='stylesheet'>
</head>
<body>
<div id='accordion' class='accordion'>
<div class='header'>Header 1 ( panel No. 0 )</div>
<div class='content'>
Text about Header 1
</div>
<div class='header'>Header 2 ( panel No. 1 )</div>
<div class='content'>
Text about Header 2
</div>
<div class='header'>Header 3 ( panel No. 2 )</div>
<div class='content'>
Text header 3
</div>
<div class='header'>Header 4 ( panel No. 3 )</div>
<div class='content'>
Text about Header 4.
</div>
</div>
<button id=destroy>Destroy</button>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
//////////////////////////
$( '#accordion' ).accordion({
});
/////////////
$("#destroy").click(function() {
$( ".accordion" ).accordion( "destroy" );
})
/////////////////
})
</script>
</body>
</html>