# removeMovieClip() Vs. unloadMovie()

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-vs-unloadmovie/201465>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-vs-unloadmovie/201465 "2006-09-21T15:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Psykloak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Psykloak1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Psykloak1)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removemovieclip-vs-unloadmovie/201465/1 "2006-09-21T15:45:17Z")

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I have a quick, and hopefully simple question. What (if any) is the actual differance between removeMovieClip() and unloadMovie() for use in erasing duplicated movie clips (using duplicateMovieClip() )?

I was looking over some of my code and noticed I used both without much rhyme or reason as to why one over the other.

Thanks