How to delete a profile from a IBM WebSphere Application Server

1) Location:

<root>\AppServer\bin\manageprofiles.bat

syntax:

manageprofiles.bat -delete -profileName <profile_name> (case sensitive commands)

Note: This used to be wasprofile.bat in version 6.0.x and is depricated in 6.1. The Windows service for the profile will have been set to disabled now.

2) Delete the profile folder

e.g <root>\ApplicationServer\profiles\<profile_name>

3) Validate the profile registry and lists the non-valid profiles that it purges

manageprofiles.bat -validateAndUpdateRegistry

4) Remove the Windows service that is set to run the profile.

WASService.exe -remove service_name

e.g If the service name is "IBM Websphere Application Server V6.1 - <computername>Node<xx>"

Then the command will be:

WASService.exe -remove "<computername>Node<xx>"

Note: The same procedure applies to Linux running the correct script