# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2017-06-27 07:24:24 > [!INFO] Archived from [original tweet](http://twitter.com/keefmoon/status/879601288572534785) In reply to: [@benedictC](http://twitter.com/benedictC/status/879416174420795392) @benedictC @drwave @IBOutlet ... if I had used weak, they would have been deallocated when removed from the view heirarchy.