# Question about Reducing Display Object References Tip from Senocular

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-reducing-display-object-references-tip-from-senocular/323284>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 23, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-reducing-display-object-references-tip-from-senocular/323284 "2011-06-23T15:23:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-reducing-display-object-references-tip-from-senocular/323284/1 "2011-06-23T15:23:03Z")

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On Senocular’s page [http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/?page=2](http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/?page=2)  
there is a Tip: Reducing Display Object References I need help with.

if I do:

```auto
addChild(new CustomMovieClass()).name = "myMovie";

getChildByName("myMovie").addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, fname);

then

removeChild(getChildByName("myMovie"));

```

without removing the listener, does that still leave a reference to “myMovie” in memory?