# What the... removeMovieClip doesnt work?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-removemovieclip-doesnt-work/178181>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-removemovieclip-doesnt-work/178181 "2006-02-08T10:00:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![zicemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zicemaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zicemaster)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-the-removemovieclip-doesnt-work/178181/1 "2006-02-08T10:00:52Z")

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I have had this happen before…

this.unloadMovie(); //Works… but does not delete the clip like I want.  
this.removeMovieClip();// Does not work… WTf?