Remove UIElements from TabBar View Controllers - ios

I have a UITabBarController in which I have 3 UIViewControllers (3 tabs).
I want to remove specific elements from each UIViewController view when the whole UITabBarController will disappear.
Is there any way to do this? I cannot use viewWillDisappear: in each UIViewController because this will remove these elements when the tab changes also.
Is there any way to handle this into viewWillDisappear: into TabBarController.m file?

You will be taking reference of viewController getting displayed. Use those references on back button to remove your specific elements from your controllers.
Hope you get it. Feel free to ask if any concerns ?
Or, you can use these delegate methods of UINavigationController :
// Called when the navigation controller shows a new top view controller via a push, pop or setting of the view controller stack.
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;

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hope this could help you.
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My sample code(I have set table view controller as delegate)
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{
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}
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{
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You use the UITabBarControllerDelegate protocol when you want to
augment the behavior of a tab bar. In particular, you can use it to
determine whether specific tabs should be selected, to perform actions
after a tab is selected, or to perform actions before or after the
user customizes the order of the tabs. After implementing these
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the delegate property of the corresponding UITabBarController object.
All of the methods in this protocol are optional.
Reference : http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/UITabBarControllerDelegate_Protocol/Reference/Reference.html
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in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
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[tabBar setDelegate:self];
And then
-(void) tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
//Write your code here
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