# Confirm removeChild()?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confirm-removechild/275505>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confirm-removechild/275505 "2008-11-14T17:49:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confirm-removechild/275505/1 "2008-11-14T17:49:01Z")

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Another newb question:

If I have the following:

```php
var myMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(myMC);

```

…and then…

```php
removeChild(myMC);

```

…is there a way to “confirm” that myMC is no longer on the display list?

I know that I’ll get this:

```php
trace(myMC); // output: myMC = [object MovieClip]

```

…but that doesn’t tell me whether myMC is on the display list, just that it’s an instantiated movie clip.

Help please! Thanks.