# Actionscript 3.0 Stop a movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-stop-a-movie/321134>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-stop-a-movie/321134 "2011-04-11T19:35:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![dontaylor2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dontaylor2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dontaylor2)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-0-stop-a-movie/321134/1 "2011-04-11T19:35:34Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a problem with Actionscript 3.0.

I have a movie clip and a back button on a stage but when I go back to the index the movie clip continues to play. How do I stop this please?

Thanks in advance for your help…

Don Taylor. 😉