# How do you get rid of an swf after loading it?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 31, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-an-swf-after-loading-it/278500 "2008-12-31T07:06:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-get-rid-of-an-swf-after-loading-it/278500/1 "2008-12-31T07:06:20Z")

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I have an swf that I load to the stage. When a button is hit, I want to get rid of it and free up everything so it can be loaded again.

I have three objects, the URLRequest, a Loader, and a MovieClip. I use the onLoad event of the Loader to attach the loaders loadEvent.currentTarget.content to the window. I tried removing the window with removeChild, but I’m still getting sound from the loaded swf.

Any ideas?