# Does a mc waste memory if

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-a-mc-waste-memory-if/295426
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**Created:** [August 30, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-a-mc-waste-memory-if/295426 "2009-08-30T00:10:09Z")
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### Author: ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-a-mc-waste-memory-if/295426/1 "2009-08-30T00:10:09Z")

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if I don’t add it on the stage?  
I’m doing a horizontal scrolling menu where the icons that are outside of the stage are not added to the stage at first, but I do give them x and y positions, and event listeners, does that waste memory? Is it better to remove the whole reference when they’re not on?