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HTML

<script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.2.621/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.2.621/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.2.621/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<p>
<button id="createSplitter" type="button" class="k-button">Create Splitter</button>

<button id="destroySplitter" type="button" class="k-button">Destroy Splitter</button>
</p>

<div id="splitter">
    <div id="left">Left column</div>
    <div>Main content</div>
</div>

CSS

html
{
    font: 12px sans-serif;
}

#splitter .k-collapse-prev,
#splitter .k-expand-prev
{
    display: none;
}

JavaScript

var leftPane = $("#left");
var splitterElement;
$("#createSplitter").click(function(e) {
splitterElement = $("#splitter").kendoSplitter({
    panes: [
        { collapsible: true, size: 200 },
        { }
    ]
});
});

$("#destroySplitter").click(function(e){
    var splitter = splitterElement.data("kendoSplitter");
    splitter.destroy();
    $('#splitter').removeClass('k-widget k-splitter').removeAttr('data-role');
    $('#splitter .k-splitbar').remove();
    $('#splitter .k-pane')
    .removeClass("k-pane k-scrollable")
    .removeAttr("style");
});