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# Animation Registry

## Register

The AnimationManager updates all animations. An animation will only play if it is registered to the AnimationManager instance.

```csharp
AnimationManager.instance.Register(animation)
```

This happens automatically in many cases when working with the Animatables API. Here are the instances in which an animation is registered automatically:

* When `AnimationData.Play` is called
* When an animation is created with any AnimationCreator extension (e.g., `transform.Move`)
* When an AnimatableUIObject's `Disable` or `Enable` method is called (the relevant list of animations will be registered)
* When an AnimatableUIObject's `PlayCustomAtIndex` method is called
* When `AnimatableTransform.Play` is called (the entire list of animations will be registered)

## Unregister

The AnimationManager automatically unregisters completed animations. When animations are removed from any Animatable component using any remove animation method, the animation is unregistered as well.

Using `AnimationData.Pause` does not unregister the animation; it is simply paused. To manually unregister an animation, use the code below.

```csharp
AnimationManager.instance.Unregister(animation)
```

## Unregister All

To unregister all animations, you can use AnimationManager.ClearAllAnimationsImmediate.

```csharp
AnimationManager.instance.ClearAllAnimationsImmediate();
```