# Loading and unloading external swfs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-and-unloading-external-swfs/54241>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 12, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-and-unloading-external-swfs/54241 "2004-06-12T08:27:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![innoxist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@innoxist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/innoxist)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-and-unloading-external-swfs/54241/1 "2004-06-12T08:27:49Z")

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I have a main swf called **main** wherein I load external swfs when the user clicks on some buttons. I was just wondering whether I should have a command for unloading the previous movie before loading the next? Would this be more effecient? If so, how should I go about doing it?