# Replacing the root in AS3?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replacing-the-root-in-as3/291836>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replacing-the-root-in-as3/291836 "2009-07-06T15:52:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rumblesushi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rumblesushi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rumblesushi)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replacing-the-root-in-as3/291836/1 "2009-07-06T15:52:20Z")

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Is this even possible? As of now, it doesn’t seem to be.

In AS2 I sometimes like to be able to just wipe everything off in one clean swoop and replace it with a new SWF.

Which is of course uber simple, simply “\_root.loadMovie(“new\_world.swf”);”

Is there a way to do this in AS3?