Remove parenting relationships?

[GraphicsGeezer]

I've messed up my animaetion-- everything is skewed. Starting over. Anybody know how to remove parenting relationships?

[kglad]

you can copy/paste:

objects (all or some) on stage

symbols in your library, 

timeline frames (all or some) from any symbol

layers (all or some) from any timeline

so if you want to unparent the objects on the timeline of ggp1.gp1.p1, copy the p1 layers (shift-click) and paste into a new symbol (eg p2). 

if you want to delete the children of gp1 (without deleting the p1 asset from your project), duplicate p1 and delete p1.

[K7S]

Hi, I was trying to accomplish this today by copy pasting the layers and frames but each time I've tried the parenting relations remain. Is there a way to remove them all without doing it individually? I would like to keep my folder structure and naming convention.

[Mario_CR]

There is no such option at the moment; individually is the only way.

[K7S]

Roger that... what's the more basic method of accomplishing this? I had some luck putting all the layers into a symbol/movieclip and then breaking that symbol/moveclip apart in the correct position on the canvas. Is there a better work around?

[Mario_CR]

Using "break apart" on a nested symbol does remove parenting, but you lose all your keyframes and layers in the process; symbols end up misplaced on a single layer on the stage. To put each symbol into individual layers again you could select the symbols, right click and choose "distribute to layers" then rearrange every symbol into their proper position.

If you're starting from scratch, and can work with that, it may be the best option. Even turning off advanced layers doesn't work, as the parent/child hierarchy remains (which it shouldn't).

[Hui27359908sjrl]

I just figured out that when you press on the child's parenting line, there is something pops out and choose remove parent.