# Where do I correctly place RemoveMovieClip?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-do-i-correctly-place-removemovieclip/225027 "2007-05-08T06:52:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-do-i-correctly-place-removemovieclip/225027/1 "2007-05-08T06:52:27Z")

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Using Flash 8;

Hey all,

I’m wondering where to correctly place “removeMovieClip/UnloadMovieClip”? My entire page lives in the first frame, so I can’t go to the last frame and call it.

First, I guess, do I need to use those calls? I have a photo gallery page, so when I load each .jpg into a container MC, do I then need to remove that same MC? Right now, I don’t do that and things seem fine (except for nesting, but that’s another issue).

If so, do I call “removeMC” in the “createMovieClip” function itself, at the end of the function? Do I call it from somewhere else?

Also, I have read I need to swapDepths. //my\_mc.swapDepths(666); // specify any available depth; before I call //my\_mc.removeMovieClip();

Here is my container code, below, where I load the .swf slideshow movies. Should I use “unloadMovie” here in each onRelease call to first load, the unload each movie?

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var containerMC:MovieClip = \_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“photoMC”, \_root.getNextHighestDepth());  
photoMC.\_x = 120;  
photoMC.\_y = 150;

\_root.subCatMC1.onRelease = function(){  
// load mc1  
photoMC.loadMovie(“swf1.swf”);  
} //end on(Release)

\_root.subCatMC2.onRelease = function(){  
// load mc2  
photoMC.loadMovie(“swf2.swf”);  
} //end on(Release)

\_root.subCatMC3.onRelease = function(){  
photoMC.loadMovie(“swf3.swf”);

} //end on(Release)

\_root.subCatMC4.onRelease = function(){  
photoMC.loadMovie(“swf4.swf”);  
} //end on(Release)

my\_mc.swapDepths(666); // specify any available depth  
my\_mc.removeMovieClip();  
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Thanks for your help!!