# Can you un-swapdepth a movie you set on a depth?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639 "2003-07-24T21:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meridian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/meridian/32/243_2.png) [@Meridian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Meridian)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/1 "2003-07-24T21:59:51Z")

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I know you can delete the mc, remove it, swap it to a lower depth but can you un-swapdepth it so it goes back to it’s origional layer depth on the stage??

I’ve tried

swapthdepth() - nothing  
swapthdepth(null) - does nothing  
swapthdepth(0) - this just makes it’s depth 0  
delete movieClip.swapdetph(1) - trying to delete it from it’s depth

can’t get it to work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/2 "2003-07-24T22:13:36Z")

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Ok I did figure a way around this kinda. I made a blank movie clip called … “blank” and swapdepths with the mc I wanted back in it’s place… but I’d still like to know an AS way of doing this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/3 "2003-07-24T23:25:15Z")

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just save the original depth as a variable

myClip.origDepth = myClip.getDepth();

before you do the first swap. Then to swap it back, just use

myClip.swapDepths(myClip.origDepth);

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/4 "2003-07-24T23:27:56Z")

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Question is it actually on a depth before you use the swapDepths function?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/5 "2003-07-24T23:32:07Z")

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yes

you can learn more about depths here  
[http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/flash/tutorials/showpage.php?p=depths](http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/flash/tutorials/showpage.php?p=depths)

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**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-un-swapdepth-a-movie-you-set-on-a-depth/26639/6 "2003-07-24T23:34:33Z")

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Now I understand. 🙂

“And knowing is half the battle”