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Duplicating and removing movie clips

To duplicate or remove movie clip instances as a movie is playing, use `duplicateMovieClip` or `removeMovieClip`, respectively. The `duplicateMovieClip` action and method dynamically create a new instance of the movie clip, assign it a new instance name, and give it a depth. A duplicated movie clip always starts at frame 1 even if the original movie clip was on another frame when duplicated, and is always on top of all previously defined movie clips placed on the Timeline.

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

For more information, see `duplicateMovieClip` and `removeMovieClip` in the online ActionScript Dictionary in the Help menu.