# Remove child / scope

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-child-scope/303523>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-child-scope/303523 "2010-01-21T15:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ricky55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ricky55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ricky55)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-child-scope/303523/1 "2010-01-21T15:57:23Z")

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Hi

How do I remove a child from the root timeline from within a movieclip?

I’ve tried

MovieClip(parent).removeChild(mc1);

But this through an error.

Thanks in advance.