# How to empty a display object container

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-empty-a-display-object-container/298597>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-empty-a-display-object-container/298597 "2009-10-21T17:47:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jac4b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@jac4b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jac4b)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-empty-a-display-object-container/298597/1 "2009-10-21T17:47:42Z")

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Is there a simple way to completely empty a display object container regardless of what it contains, including if it’s already empty? In other words, without determining its children and using removeChild on each?