vkFreeCommandBuffers(3)

# vkFreeCommandBuffers(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkFreeCommandBuffers - Free command buffers

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## C Specification

To free command buffers, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    void vkFreeCommandBuffers(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        VkCommandPool                               commandPool,
        uint32_t                                    commandBufferCount,
        const VkCommandBuffer*                      pCommandBuffers);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that owns the command pool.

- `commandPool` is the command pool from which the command buffers were allocated.

- `commandBufferCount` is the length of the `pCommandBuffers` array.

- `pCommandBuffers` is a pointer to an array of handles of command buffers to free.

## Description

Any primary command buffer that is in the recording or executable state and has any element of `pCommandBuffers` recorded into it, becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-pCommandBuffers-00047
  All elements of `pCommandBuffers` must not be in the pending state

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-pCommandBuffers-00048
  `pCommandBuffers` must be a valid pointer to an array of `commandBufferCount` `VkCommandBuffer` handles, each element of which must either be a valid handle or `NULL`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-commandPool-parameter
  `commandPool` must be a valid VkCommandPool handle

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-commandBufferCount-arraylength
  `commandBufferCount` must be greater than `0`

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-commandPool-parent
  `commandPool` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `device`

- VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-pCommandBuffers-parent
  Each element of `pCommandBuffers` that is a valid handle must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `commandPool`

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandPool` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to each member of `pCommandBuffers` must be externally synchronized

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandPool, VkDevice

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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