# Inconsistency of go.cancel\_animations()

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/inconsistency-of-go-cancel-animations/80084>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/inconsistency-of-go-cancel-animations/80084 "2025-03-17T13:26:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ape](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/ape/32/26976_2.png) [@Ape](https://forum.defold.com/u/Ape)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/inconsistency-of-go-cancel-animations/80084/1 "2025-03-17T13:26:19Z")

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Shouldn’t `go.cancel_animations(".")` and `go.cancel_animations()` do the same?

The first works, the latter doesn’t work.

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/inconsistency-of-go-cancel-animations/80084/2 "2025-03-17T18:27:03Z")

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> [@Ape](#):
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> The first works, the latter doesn’t work.

Do you get an error?

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**Author:** ![Ape](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/ape/32/26976_2.png) [@Ape](https://forum.defold.com/u/Ape)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/inconsistency-of-go-cancel-animations/80084/3 "2025-03-17T18:29:53Z")

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No, I don’t. But `go.cancel_animations(".")` actually stops the animation whereas `go.cancel_animations()` doesn’t do anything.