# Unloading external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloading-external-swf/235034>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloading-external-swf/235034 "2007-08-07T22:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![SillyMidOn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SillyMidOn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SillyMidOn)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unloading-external-swf/235034/1 "2007-08-07T22:12:06Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve managed to load in an external swf into an mc called “box”, using the following code(AS3):

var pictureLoader:Loader = new Loader();  
var pictureURL:String = “xxxxx.swf”;  
var pictureRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pictureURL);  
pictureLoader.load(pictureRequest);  
box.addChild(pictureLoader);

Now I can’t get rid of it!

How do I code a button to unload it, and stop all the sounds in it from continuing?

Hope someone has a moment to set me straight …

Thanks for looking.