Don't know about 3.2.3, but in JBoss-4.2.2(the latest available version) there's a flag in jboss-service.xml (under %JBOSS_HOME%/server/xxx/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/META-INF) which can be set to true, to delete the contents of the work folder on context destroy: <!--Flag to delete the Work Dir on Context Destroy --> | <attribute name="DeleteWorkDirOnContextDestroy">true</attribute> Any specific reason why you are using the older version of JBoss? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4125739#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...