# Referencing multiple mcs

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-multiple-mcs/156365
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 25, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-multiple-mcs/156365 "2005-07-25T13:28:19Z")
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### Author: ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-multiple-mcs/156365/1 "2005-07-25T13:28:19Z")

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[font=Arial]hi folks, simple Q: i’ve created number of “total” movieclips inside “mcThumbnails” using crateEmptyMovieClip function via “for” loop.[/font]

[font=Arial]\> their names are as follows: t0,t1,t2,t3,t4,…, t\<total-1\>.[/font]

[font=Arial]\> their depth is absolute starting with 500, not using getNextHighestDepth();[/font]

[font=Arial]now i would like to remove all these created movieclips using a button onPress method.[/font]

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[font=Arial]I’ve tried these which didnt work:[/font]

[font=Arial](1st try:)[/font]

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[font=Arial]mcBtn.onPress = function(){[/font]

[font=Arial] for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {[/font]

[font=Arial] removeMc(“t”+i);[/font]

[font=Arial] }[/font]

[font=Arial]};[/font]

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[font=Arial]function removeMc(mc):Void{[/font]

[font=Arial] trace(mcThumbnails.mc)[/font]

[font=Arial] removeMovieClip(mcThumbnails.mc);[/font]

[font=Arial]};[/font]

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[font=Arial](2nd try:)[/font]

[font=Arial]for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {[/font]

[font=Arial] mcThumbnails.removeMovieClip(“t”+i);[/font]

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[font=Arial](3rd try:)[/font]

[font=Arial]for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {[/font]

[font=Arial] var mc:MovieClip = mcThumbnails.getInstanceAtDepth(500+i);[/font]

[font=Arial] removeMovieClip(mcThumbnails.mc);[/font]

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any help apprecciated 🙂  
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