# Clearing out an array

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-out-an-array/87900
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**Created:** [April 25, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-out-an-array/87900 "2005-04-25T03:08:42Z")
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### Author: ![jarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jarrett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jarrett)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-out-an-array/87900/1 "2005-04-25T03:08:42Z")

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I might me going crazy, but I’ve scoured the trying to find a way to clear out or reset or empty an array. I’ve tried a for loop

for(i=0; i\<\_root.imageList.length; i++){  
\_root.imageList.shift();  
}

Doesn’t always work. So how do I “reset” an array, just clear it out completely so I can reuse it?