# "Deleting" A mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-a-mc/329698>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-a-mc/329698 "2012-10-04T00:55:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Tubutas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tubutas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tubutas)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-a-mc/329698/1 "2012-10-04T00:55:45Z")

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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Is there a garbage collector in this language? Would parent.removeChild(this); (And removing all pointers to the movieclip) suffice for “deleting” a movieclip?[/FONT][/COLOR]