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# removeWindowController(_:)

Removes the specified window controller from the receiver’s array of window controllers.

```
func removeWindowController(_ windowController: NSWindowController)
```

## Parameters

`windowController`

The window controller that is removed.

## Discussion

A document with no window controllers is not necessarily closed. However, a window controller can be set to close its associated document when the window is closed or the window controller is deallocated.

The default implementation of this method sends a [`document`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindowController/document) message to the passed-in window controller with a `nil` argument. You would not typically override this method.

## See Also

[`shouldCloseDocument`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindowController/shouldCloseDocument)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver necessarily closes the associated document when the window it manages is closed.


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