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Following is a code to remove a child from a parent by passing it’s instance name as a string and parent as a display object

import fl.controls.Button;
//———– Draw a graphics on the stage ———-
var t:Sprite = new Sprite();
t.name = “testSprite”;
t.graphics.lineStyle(1,0×0000ff);
t.graphics.beginFill(0xff0000);
t.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,50);
t.graphics.endFill();
addChild(t);
t.x =100;
t.y = 100;
//———– Remove Child Function ————–
function removeChildWithRef(spriteName:String, parentObj:*){
var t:DisplayObject = parentObj.getChildByName(spriteName);
parentObj.removeChild(t);
}
//————- Add  a Button [...]