# Question about external swfs and their removal

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-external-swfs-and-their-removal/319344>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 17, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-external-swfs-and-their-removal/319344 "2011-02-17T01:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![matrixm5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@matrixm5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matrixm5)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-external-swfs-and-their-removal/319344/1 "2011-02-17T01:17:19Z")

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Could someone plz clarify the following:

The structure I have is one where I have a main.swf which loads an external swf named say external1.swf. Then external1.swf loads external2.swf.

My question is when I remove external1.swf, is external2.swf also removed by proxy from the display list or do I have to explicity remove external2.swf using removeChild on the relevant loader?