# std::unique_lock<Mutex>::release

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mutex_type* release() noexcept; |  | (since C++11)

Breaks the association of the associated mutex, if any, and *this.

No locks are unlocked. If *this held ownership of the associated mutex prior to the call, the caller is now responsible to unlock the mutex.

### Parameters

(none)

### Return value

Pointer to the associated mutex or a null pointer if there was no associated mutex.

### Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### See also

unlock | unlocks (i.e., releases ownership of) the associated mutex (public member function)

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