# AS3 replacement for removeMovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-replacement-for-removemovieclip/223759>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 25, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-replacement-for-removemovieclip/223759 "2007-04-25T15:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aquilonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Aquilonian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aquilonian)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-replacement-for-removemovieclip/223759/1 "2007-04-25T15:13:27Z")

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In AS2, if i have a movieClip c and a reference to it called b, if i remove c and trace b it will return null  
Now, the As2 to 3 migration says that the replacement for removeMovieClip is removeChild, however this dont do the same thing, only removes it from a display list  
So,if i want to delete all the references to the movieClip in memory, i think they way is to manually do it, however, for dynamic content sometimes i dont know what are the references for it  
So, what is the best way to loop into a entire swf looking for references of my movieClip and making eachReference = null ?  
I mean, i know how to do it to stuff in the main displayList, but if there is some reference out of any display list?  
Does it make sense?Thanks