# Emptying a movie clip holder

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emptying-a-movie-clip-holder/329763>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 12, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emptying-a-movie-clip-holder/329763 "2012-10-12T14:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSlish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DSlish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DSlish)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emptying-a-movie-clip-holder/329763/1 "2012-10-12T14:39:23Z")

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I’ve been using a Movieclip as a holder for other movie clips:

var iconHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();  
addChild (iconHolder);

Then . . .

iconHolder.addChild (icon1);  
iconHolder.addChild (icon2); etc.

I’d like to empty this iconHolder Movieclip when I reset the game. Is there an easy way to do this?  
Thanks!