# Renaming a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/renaming-a-movieclip/231632>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/renaming-a-movieclip/231632 "2007-07-06T10:00:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flamingtoaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Flamingtoaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flamingtoaster)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/renaming-a-movieclip/231632/1 "2007-07-06T10:00:39Z")

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How would one go about renaming a movieclip? ie: I have a movieclip named enemy1 and want to give it a new name of enemy11 when something happens. What code could I use?  
Thank you for your help 😃