# Remove all children

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-all-children/258946>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-all-children/258946 "2008-04-29T19:27:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-all-children/258946/1 "2008-04-29T19:27:49Z")

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Is there a quick way to remove all child instances (movie clips) from the stage without referencing each one of them by name?