---
title: "Detach instance animated icon"
description: "Detach instance animated icon (Vector editing & design). Separate an instance from its source while preserving both objects. Light: the connector retracts and the instance moves away. Strong: it prepares toward the source, then pulls 2.2 units clear. Reverse reconnects the two cells."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/detach-instance/
---

# Detach instance animated icon

Separate an instance from its source while preserving both objects. Light: the connector retracts and the instance moves away. Strong: it prepares toward the source, then pulls 2.2 units clear. Reverse reconnects the two cells.

- Id: `detach-instance`
- Category: Vector editing & design
- Search terms: unlink component, break link, break instance, break apart, disconnect component, standalone copy, make independent, unlinked copy, remove link
- Two states: Linked instance to Detached instance, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/detach-instance.lottie (dotLottie, 11847 bytes, sha256 33177de734f3cf074292c4504d779501745094a74a30f0b26548ca97d3b7bb1e)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add detach-instance
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/detach-instance.mjs';

export function DetachInstanceIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/detach-instance.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/detach-instance/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/detach-instance