Once a portlet is deployed in a page, its information is saved to the Portal database. The deployment descriptors are then not used anymore. You can use the admin interface to remove the portlet information from the DB. You can also wipe out the DB (if you can afford to do that). If you're using HSQL, it's as easy as deleting the data directory in your JBoss AS server configuration directory. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047565#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...