# Unloaded?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloaded/21961>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 28, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloaded/21961 "2003-05-28T13:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![hihabyte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hihabyte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hihabyte)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloaded/21961/1 "2003-05-28T13:42:53Z")

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It may seem like a stupid question…  
When a new movie (swf) is loaded into a movieclip, using \_root.movieclip.loadMovie(main.swf) for example, is the previous one then automatically unloaded? Or is it still there, but just hidden behind main.swf?

Thankx!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloaded/21961/2 "2003-05-28T14:32:55Z")

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yea it stays there behind the movie you are loading  
[AS]  
on(release){  
unloadMovieNum(1);  
}  
[/AS]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloaded/21961/3 "2003-05-28T15:08:42Z")

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yes you can make a button and put the script that Digitalosophy gave !and it will load the previous mc !