# Problem when trying to unload a mc from itself

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-when-trying-to-unload-a-mc-from-itself/148380
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**Created:** [May 19, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-when-trying-to-unload-a-mc-from-itself/148380 "2005-05-19T13:27:35Z")
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### Author: ![reelmesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@reelmesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reelmesh)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-when-trying-to-unload-a-mc-from-itself/148380/1 "2005-05-19T13:27:35Z")

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Hi guys,

I’ve been trying to solve this problem with a unloadMovie action with no results.

I’ve got a main.swf wich loads a big\_pic.swf into a mc with the same name.

The problem is that want to make big\_pic unload itself and for that I have a button with the following actions on it:

on (release) {  
\_root.big\_pic.unloadMovie();  
}

I’ve tried several other ways using the unloadMovie command, all of them failed.

Is there a way to this at all?

Thank you all in advance.