# Wicked flash file reduction trick

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wicked-flash-file-reduction-trick/197694>\
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**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wicked-flash-file-reduction-trick/197694 "2006-08-18T08:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hunson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@Hunson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hunson)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wicked-flash-file-reduction-trick/197694/1 "2006-08-18T08:42:28Z")

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well this just came outta no where.

everytime you finished your .fla file, simply Save As it to another file name.

it’ll reduce your file size significantly, it reduced mine to almost 30%.

and it works for SWF too!

i’m sure it’s pretty old, but just so you other guys know