# VISIBILITY Visible = false vs removeMovieClip()

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-visible-false-vs-removemovieclip/230438>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-visible-false-vs-removemovieclip/230438 "2007-06-26T09:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ksfkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@ksfkay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ksfkay)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/visibility-visible-false-vs-removemovieclip/230438/1 "2007-06-26T09:13:29Z")

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Alpha = 0  
visible = false  
removeMovieClip (only works with attachmovieclip)

am i missing any others ways to turn off, delete, remove, clear movieclips ?

Can anyone recommend the usage value here? I’m trying to be conserve memory used by flash.