# Instance name ignores instance name from property inspector

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-ignores-instance-name-from-property-inspector/234837>\
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**Created:** [August 6, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-ignores-instance-name-from-property-inspector/234837 "2007-08-06T15:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![test1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@test1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/test1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-ignores-instance-name-from-property-inspector/234837/1 "2007-08-06T15:58:38Z")

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Anyone know why this happens? If I set the instance name of a display object using the property inspector, it isn’t returned when I try to call it using the “name” property of the object. It returns a name like “instance\_124”.