Animated Java generates three remove functions for every blueprint. They let you remove a single rig instance, all instances of the rig, or all entities associated with the rig.

All remove functions (except remove/entities) fire any configured on_remove_function hooks and clean up data storage before killing entities.

remove/this

Removes the single rig instance you are executing as.

Function path:

<blueprint_id>/remove/this

Must be run as the root entity of the rig (the entity with the <blueprint_id>.root tag).

# Remove a specific rig by selector
execute as @e[tag=my_pack.my_rig.root,limit=1] run function my_pack:my_rig/remove/this

# Remove the rig the command block is riding
execute as @e[tag=my_pack.my_rig.root,sort=nearest,limit=1] run function my_pack:my_rig/remove/this

What it does:

1. Runs the blueprint-level on_remove_function.
2. Runs any per-node on_remove_function callbacks.
3. Kills the root entity and all its passengers.
4. Kills any free-floating entities (interactions, locator entities, cameras).
5. Removes the rig’s data storage entry.

remove/all

Removes every instance of this rig from the world.

Function path:

<blueprint_id>/remove/all

Can be called from any context. Equivalent to running remove/this as all root entities of this blueprint.

function my_pack:my_rig/remove/all

remove/entities

Kills every entity associated with this blueprint — including passengers, floating entities, interactions, cameras, and the root entity — without running any on_remove_function hooks.

Function path:

<blueprint_id>/remove/entities

This is a lower-level cleanup function. Prefer remove/this or remove/all for normal use, since those properly run lifecycle hooks and clean up storage.

function my_pack:my_rig/remove/entities

Tags Used for Identification

Animated Java tags every rig entity with scoreboard tags to make selection easy:

Examples:

# Kill all AJ entities from ALL blueprints (emergency cleanup)
kill @e[tag=aj.global.entity]

# Select this rig's root from any context
execute as @e[tag=my_pack.my_rig.root] run ...