# Removing MovieClip will remove addEventListener?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclip-will-remove-addeventlistener/278508>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 31, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclip-will-remove-addeventlistener/278508 "2008-12-31T13:45:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ayumilove](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ayumilove/32/2532_2.png) [@ayumilove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ayumilove)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclip-will-remove-addeventlistener/278508/1 "2008-12-31T13:45:55Z")

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hi guys, just wandering whether if I removed a movie clip that has button with addEventListner attach to it, would it remove all addEventListeners? or I would need to manually use removeEventListener before using removeChild on the movieclip?