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# Destructors

Destructors are called when an object gets destroyed. In Python, destructors are not needed as much needed in C++ because Python has a garbage collector that handles memory management automatically.\
The **\_\_del\_\_()** method is a known as a destructor method in Python. It is called when all references to the object have been deleted i.e when an object is garbage collected.

Example 1:

```python
# Python program to illustrate destructor 
class Employee: 

	# Initializing 
	def __init__(self): 
		print('Employee created.') 

	# Deleting (Calling destructor) 
	def __del__(self): 
		print('Destructor called, Employee deleted.') 

obj = Employee() 
del obj 
```

Employee created. 

Destructor called, Employee deleted.

**Example 2:**

```python
# Python program to illustrate destructor 

class Employee: 

	# Initializing 
	def __init__(self): 
		print('Employee created') 

	# Calling destructor 
	def __del__(self): 
		print("Destructor called") 

def Create_obj(): 
	print('Making Object...') 
	obj = Employee() 
	print('function end...') 
	return obj 

print('Calling Create_obj() function...') 
obj = Create_obj()
del obj 
print('Program End...') 

```

Calling Create\_obj() function... 

Making Object... 

Employee created function end... 

Destructor called 

Program End...