# removeChild using packages

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-using-packages/322188>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-using-packages/322188 "2011-05-13T12:41:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![codr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@codr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/codr)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removechild-using-packages/322188/1 "2011-05-13T12:41:24Z")

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is it possible to use removeChild and removeEventlistener in external .as files?  
It rejects these functions in the main as file so I’m curious.  
I haven’t tried yet either cause I’m not entirely sure of how I would go about to do this.