# Changing a MovieClip's parent?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-a-movieclips-parent/232209>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-a-movieclips-parent/232209 "2007-07-11T22:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![arpersons\_gmail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@arpersons\_gmail](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arpersons_gmail)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-a-movieclips-parent/232209/1 "2007-07-11T22:21:05Z")

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From my search of the forums, I think I know the answer, but wanted to verify. There’s no way to directly change a MovieClip’s parent MC? That is, move it from one MC to another?