[#EVP_CIPHER_meth_free]
= EVP_CIPHER_meth_free
:mrdocs:

Free a custom EVP_CIPHER created with EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() (deprecated).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
void
EVP_CIPHER_meth_free(xref:EVP_CIPHER-07.adoc[EVP_CIPHER]* cipher);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *cipher*
| Cipher method to free, or NULL.
|===


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