---
title: useInstance
description: Using useInstance to get the current instance within a component
slug: use-instance
---

# useInstance

You can use `useInstance` to get the current [instance](/guides/sending-messages) within a component. This can be used to let a component destroy or deactivate itself.

```jsx
import { Button, useInstance } from "reacord"

function SelfDestruct() {
	const instance = useInstance()
	return (
		<Button
			style="danger"
			label="delete this"
			onClick={() => instance.destroy()}
		/>
	)
}

reacord.createChannelMessage(channel).render(<SelfDestruct />)
```