What are the different ways a connection can disconnect

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#1

As the title says, what can make a connection disconnect. All I know is by using connection:Disconnect(), and when a script with that connection gets :Destroy()

Also is this going to disconnect the connection?

local connections = {}
connections[1] = SomeInstance.SomeEvent:Connect(SomeFunction)
connections = nil
#2

Nope, remember

The script exists, and the connection as well, it’s just stored in nil.

Edit: whoops I was talking about this one below and how the connection is running but stored in nil. Anyways seems like @Lielmaster is able to test it yourself so it should be fine.

#3

:Destroy() is not just setting the parent property to nil, it sets the parent of the object to nil, locks the parent property, and if it is a script, it disconnects all connections in that script, though the thread is still running. Test this code

workspace.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
	print("ChildAdded")
end)

task.delay(5, function()
	print("Destroying script in 5 seconds")
	task.wait(5)
	script:Destroy()
end)

while true do
	task.wait(1)
	local part = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
	task.wait(1)
	part:Destroy()
end

It will still insert parts but it wont print anymore

#4

You could have just replied again instead of edit.

I actually tested it and i thought it will disconnect, but it did not, so I just added it to my question. That is not my main question though

#5

Well, that’s pretty much it, you listed all the two ways to disconnect an event as indicated in this Roblox article👍:

Even if there was a third way it would be pretty extra and unneeded.

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