Duplicating or removing a movie clip

To duplicate or remove movie clip instances, use the duplicateMovieClip() or removeMovieClip() global functions, or the MovieClip class methods of the same name. The duplicateMovieClip() method creates a new instance of an existing movie clip instance, assigns it a new instance name, and gives it a depth, or z-order. A duplicated movie clip always starts at Frame 1 even if the original movie clip was on another frame when duplicated, and is always in front of all previously defined movie clips placed on the Timeline.

To delete a movie clip you created with duplicateMovieClip(), use removeMovieClip(). Duplicated movie clips are also removed if the parent movie clip is deleted.

For more information, see duplicateMovieClip() and removeMovieClip().