# Delete all content of a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delete-all-content-of-a-movieclip/209604>\
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**Created:** [December 10, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delete-all-content-of-a-movieclip/209604 "2006-12-10T19:56:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delete-all-content-of-a-movieclip/209604/1 "2006-12-10T19:56:42Z")

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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? 🙂 please help, thanks