# Hide background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-background/116532>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 19, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-background/116532 "2004-07-19T10:00:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Henriksen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simon_henriksen/32/625_2.png) [@Simon\_Henriksen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Simon_Henriksen)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-background/116532/1 "2004-07-19T10:00:35Z")

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I’m trying to make one of these hide background buttons. I have one problem.

I can’t figure out how to hide a object. So when you press hide background, the background object gets hidden.

How do I do that?

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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:** [July 20, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-background/116532/2 "2004-07-20T07:39:22Z")

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> no in that case i’d recommend using the visibility property instead of the alpha… I’ve had issues with full transparency using \_alpha 0 (i.e. I could still a very pale movie clip)

yeah, u r right mlk… \_visible property is more useful here… 😉