>I can "sort of" remove the container with a call from the command button's click like:
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>THIS.PARENT.PARENT.RemoveObject(THIS.PARENT.Name)
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>- that is, fire the .RemoveObject() method of the toolbar to remove the container
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>- the container does indeed disappear from the toolbar but it is still in the toolbars .Objects() collection
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>I suspect that the reason I cannot get rid of it entirely is because I am trying to destroy the container from a call from within the container

You can't get rid of a reference to an object which was defined at the class level. However, that reference may become null - check in the debugger.