# Help! - multiple stops - movie clips

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-multiple-stops-movie-clips/19909
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 2, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-multiple-stops-movie-clips/19909 "2003-05-02T18:27:13Z")
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### Author: ![liquivision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@liquivision](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/liquivision)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-multiple-stops-movie-clips/19909/1 "2003-05-02T18:27:13Z")

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OK here is my problem;

I have one movie clip(myMovieClip is located on the \_root timeline) that contains six separate movie clips which are all running at the same time. I want to simultaneously be able to stop all the movie clips contained within my \_root movie clip . I know I could target all six different clips and stop them with this code:

//buttons code which is located within the \_root timeline

myMovieClip.movieclip1.stop();  
myMovieClip.movieclip2.stop();  
myMovieClip.movieclip3.stop();  
myMovieClip.movieclip4.stop();  
myMovieClip.movieclip5.stop();  
myMovieClip.movieclip6.stop();

There has got to be a quicker way to stop everything within myMovieClip.

Can anyone help??

Thanks

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-multiple-stops-movie-clips/19909/2 "2003-05-02T19:07:34Z")

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yeah… there’s an easier way. 😉

```auto
for (var clips in myMovieClip) myMovieClip[clips].stop();

```