Hi, I have an NSMutableArray called playlist. This is in a method called getAllPlaylists. The code is something like this: -(NSMutableArray *)getAllPlaylists { //playlist is an instance variable playlist = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; //memory leak here . . //some code here which populates the playlist array [playlist addObject: object1]; . . return playlist; } The array allocation step of playlist is causing a memory leak. In such a scenario where can i release this array? Or can i avoid allocation n initialization of playlist here by doing something else?