# How do you duplicate a MovieClip in AS3?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-duplicate-a-movieclip-in-as3/263273
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 13, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-duplicate-a-movieclip-in-as3/263273 "2008-06-13T22:02:22Z")
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### Author: ![murphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@murphy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/murphy)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-duplicate-a-movieclip-in-as3/263273/1 "2008-06-13T22:02:22Z")

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duplicateMovieClip() is gone. What replaced it?

The Help Docs provide this tremendously useful information under AS2 migration:  
duplicateMovieClip() [flash.display.MovieClip.MovieClip()](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/flash/display/MovieClip.html#MovieClip%28%29) Replaced by new MovieClip class constructor function.

EDIT:  
Found the answer here: [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1939827](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1939827)