# Hiding elements of an array?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-elements-of-an-array/38193
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**Created:** [December 19, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-elements-of-an-array/38193 "2003-12-19T09:55:28Z")
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### Author: ![welshy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2bfe46/32.png) [@welshy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/welshy)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-elements-of-an-array/38193/1 "2003-12-19T09:55:28Z")

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say you had array that contained a few movie clips, is there actionscript than can hide all the elements within the array from the screen, or do i have to use the .\_visible = false for each individual item?

thank you please