# How to get a list of all children/attached actors?

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**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** child, child-actors, unreal-engine, UE4, question, CPP\
**Created:** [October 30, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-a-list-of-all-children-attached-actors/374902 "2016-10-30T19:59:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-a-list-of-all-children-attached-actors/374902/2 "2017-11-07T10:51:41Z")

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Hi , i see it is a bit late , but i am writing to help newcomers;  
you have to use GetAttachedActors() for these ,  
childactor is component actor of an actor.  
You may want to read this post too:

> **[How to get child actors?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/questions/137336/how-to-get-child-actors.html)**
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> Hi, what I am trying to do: Get all the child actors from an actor. Example: -\>Parent Actor Child Actor 1 Child Actor 2 Child Actor 3 After I got the child actors from the Parent Actor I want to attach them to different Actor. The...

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