diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 528b940..39cd0ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ X-editable changelog
 
 Version 1.4.0 wip
 ----------------------------
+[enh] added `destroy` method, see #61 (vitalets) 
 [enh] textarea: added `rows` property (vitalets) 
 [enh #60] added wysihtml5 input (vitalets) 
 [enh] added IOS-style clear button for text inputs (vitalets) 
diff --git a/src/containers/editable-container.js b/src/containers/editable-container.js
index 600a078..4e1f43d 100644
--- a/src/containers/editable-container.js
+++ b/src/containers/editable-container.js
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ Applied as jQuery method.
         **/        
         destroy: function() {
             this.call('destroy');
+            this.$element.off('destroyed');
+            this.$element.removeData('editableContainer');
         },
         
         /*
diff --git a/src/element/editable-element.js b/src/element/editable-element.js
index 1faf285..9fcd880 100644
--- a/src/element/editable-element.js
+++ b/src/element/editable-element.js
@@ -341,7 +341,24 @@ Makes editable any HTML element on the page. Applied as jQuery method.
             if(this.container) {
                this.container.activate(); 
             }
-        }
+        },
+        
+        /**
+        Removes editable feature from element
+        @method destroy()
+        **/        
+        destroy: function() {
+            if(this.options.toggle !== 'manual') {
+                this.$element.removeClass('editable-click');
+                this.$element.off(this.options.toggle + '.editable');
+            }            
+            if(this.container) {
+               this.container.destroy(); 
+            }
+            this.$element.removeClass('editable');
+            this.$element.removeClass('editable-open');
+            this.$element.removeData('editable');
+        }        
     };
 
     /* EDITABLE PLUGIN DEFINITION
diff --git a/test/unit/api.js b/test/unit/api.js
index 889e8db..40f7527 100644
--- a/test/unit/api.js
+++ b/test/unit/api.js
@@ -365,6 +365,28 @@ $(function () {
         
         equal(e.data('editable').value, 2, 'new value correct');
         equal(e.text(), groups[2], 'new text shown correctly');
-     });                                
+     });     
+     
+     
+     test("`destroy` method", function () {
+        var e = $('<a href="#" data-name="name" data-type="text" data-url="post.php"></a>').appendTo('#qunit-fixture').editable({
+        });
+        
+        e.click();
+        var p = tip(e);
+        ok(p.is(':visible'), 'container visible');
+        
+        e.editable('destroy');
+        
+        ok(!p.is(':visible'), 'container closed');
+        ok(!e.data('editable'), 'editable instance removed');
+        ok(!e.data('editableContainer'), 'editableContainer instance removed');
+        ok(!e.hasClass('editable'), 'editable class removed');
+        ok(!e.hasClass('editable-click'), 'editable-click class removed');
+        
+        e.click();
+        
+        
+     });                                 
   
 });