# How do I remove eventListeners

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-remove-eventlisteners/311925>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 20, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-remove-eventlisteners/311925 "2010-07-20T15:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![blackout188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@blackout188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blackout188)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-remove-eventlisteners/311925/1 "2010-07-20T15:28:41Z")

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for (i=2; i\<9; i++) {  
ClassReference2=getDefinitionByName(‘b’+character2) as Class;  
tempchar2 = new ClassReference2();  
tempchar2.x=(i-1)\*95;  
tempchar2.y=280;  
tempchar2.name=characterarr2[character]+i;  
trace(tempchar2.name)  
addChild(tempchar2);  
tempchar2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN,draghandler);  
tempchar2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_UP,HitTest);  
}

I tried tempchar2.removeEventListene(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN,draghandler);

and it won’t let me, is there a way to remove it?