# Is it possible to be lazy? Remove frames?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-lazy-remove-frames/402>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-lazy-remove-frames/402 "2002-07-16T16:16:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![VixenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VixenLady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VixenLady)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-lazy-remove-frames/402/1 "2002-07-16T16:16:48Z")

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Okay to save time, I broke one file into four smaller ones. I simply copied the orginal file and then deleted the unneeded layers out of the files.

Is there any way to delete the begining frames of a layer? Or do I have drag the begining point and then realign all the rest of the timing?

For example … one movie now starts at frame 30 instead of frame 1, is there a quick way to just delete frames 1-30, instead of moving the starting point of 30 to frame 1?

Thanks for your help,  
Vixie

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-lazy-remove-frames/402/2 "2002-07-16T16:24:38Z")

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align the red frame marker at the pint you want to delete  
click once on the red frame marker to focus it  
press shift+f5 until you get what you want  
You can also add frames this way by pressing f5

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-lazy-remove-frames/402/3 "2002-07-16T16:27:35Z")

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YES!!!

Thank you! I KNEW there had to be an easy way to do it.

What a time saver,  
Vixie