# How Do You Give A Movie Clip An Instance Name?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-give-a-movie-clip-an-instance-name/29524
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**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-give-a-movie-clip-an-instance-name/29524 "2003-08-27T20:22:08Z")
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### Author:  [@TheXboY](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheXboY)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-give-a-movie-clip-an-instance-name/29524/1 "2003-08-27T20:22:08Z")
Please Help!!! I was trying to work on a tutorial and I kinda stuck and don’t know how to give the Movie Clip an Instance Name.
Please reply Thanks!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-give-a-movie-clip-an-instance-name/29524/2 "2003-08-27T20:26:15Z")
in the properties panel, under the icon theres a textfield that is used to give a movieclip (and make sure the “movieclip” you have currently selected is a movieclip symbol) an instance name. That is then used to reference the clip in code or with components etc.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-give-a-movie-clip-an-instance-name/29524/3 "2003-08-27T20:54:46Z")
Great thanks for the quick reply!!!