Delete all content of a movieclip

How do I, in actionscript, say “delete all content of a movieclip”?

there doesn’t seem to be a function called
" _root.movieclipname.deleteContent(); "

I know an awkward way of doing it; deleteing the movieclip and replicating it in the same coordinates with the same name, but this is a terrible way of doing it…

how is it then? :slight_smile: please help, thanks