# removeMovieclip but mc itself should stay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-but-mc-itself-should-stay/206787>\
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**Created:** [November 11, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-but-mc-itself-should-stay/206787 "2006-11-11T10:30:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![gosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@gosa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gosa)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-but-mc-itself-should-stay/206787/1 "2006-11-11T10:30:47Z")

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Hi,

I have a small problem with removeMovieclip.

Lets say i have a movieclip Main\_mc wich has three mc’s in it child1\_mc, child2\_mc and child3\_mc.

When i use removeMovieClip(\_root.Main\_mc), everything is removed even Main\_mc.

I know i can use removeMovieClip(\_root.Main\_mc.child1\_mc), removeMovieClip(\_root.Main\_mc.child1\_mc), removeMovieClip(\_root.Main\_mc.child1\_mc)

But i don’t know in advance how many objects are in Main\_mc

So genarely i d like to be able to empty Main\_mc so that everything that is inside will be removed but Main\_mc has to stay.

Does anyone have an idea on how to achieve this.

Thanks in advance,

Gosa