# Problem unloading duplicateMovieClip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-unloading-duplicatemovieclip/209275
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 7, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-unloading-duplicatemovieclip/209275 "2006-12-07T12:25:34Z")
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### Author: ![wickedBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wickedboy/32/1100_2.png) [@wickedBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wickedBoy)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-unloading-duplicatemovieclip/209275/1 "2006-12-07T12:25:34Z")

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I have a ‘start page’ on frame one and the main code on frame 2 incl. a button to return to Frame 1 and this is the problem as when the timeline moves to Frame 1, the duplicated MCs (ie pronounClip + promptClip) are still there.

I have tried to unload the clips :

```auto

this.promptClip.removeMovieClip();

```

but that doesn’t work either…

Can someone solve this please as I cannot…

This is part of the code I’m using:

```auto
// main loop to duplicate and place clips
    for(var q=0;q!=len1;q++){
pronounClip.duplicateMovieClip("pronoun"+q,q);
promptClip.duplicateMovieClip("prompt"+q,180+q);

```

wB