# Dynamically Remove a Movieclip on button release

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-remove-a-movieclip-on-button-release/245253>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 27, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-remove-a-movieclip-on-button-release/245253 "2007-11-27T23:12:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-remove-a-movieclip-on-button-release/245253/1 "2007-11-27T23:12:11Z")

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I cannot get content to disappear.

I am trying to remove a movieclip when you click on “next” button.  
here is the code I am using:  
next\_btn.onRelease = function(){  
clip.icon\_btn.removeMovieClip();  
};

BELOW IS THE CODE THAT REFERENCES THE CLIP. PERHAPS I AM LABELLING THE WRONG MOVIECLIP? PLEASE HELP I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE .FLA FILE. ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

function buildIconList() {  
var spacing:Number = 85;  
//pixels between icons  
var iconY:Number = 565;

```
//effects how y scale (vertical)
var iconX:Number = 70;
//effects how x scale (horizontall)
for (var i = 0; i &lt; _root.icon_mc._totalframes; ++i) {
	var newName:String = "icon_mc" + i;
	var clip:MovieClip = _root.icon_mc.duplicateMovieClip(newName, 10000 + i);
	clip.gotoAndStop(i + 1);		
	clip._x = iconX + i * spacing;
	clip._y = iconY;
	clip.homeX = clip._x;
	clip.homeY = clip._y;
	clip.icon_btn.onPress = function() {
		startDrag(this._parent);
	};
	clip.icon_btn.onRelease = function() {
		stopDrag();
		_root.iconReleased(this._parent);
	};
}

```

}  
buildIconList();  
function iconReleased(icon:MovieClip) {  
if (\_root.canvas\_mc.hitTest(\_root.\_xmouse, \_root.\_ymouse)) {  
++iconDepth;  
var newName:String = “object” + iconDepth + “\_mc”;  
var clip:MovieClip = icon.duplicateMovieClip(newName, iconDepth);  
clip.gotoAndStop(icon.\_currentFrame);  
clip.icon\_btn.enabled = false;  
clip.\_xscale = 400;  
clip.\_yscale =400;

```
	//effects scale of icons when dragged
}
icon._x = icon.homeX;
icon._y = icon.homeY;

```

}