SJX, thanks for catching the typo. JBoss AS doesn't have any portlets itself, so that isn't the issue. It has to be one of the portlets from portletswap. Also JBoss AS does not keep track of any portal information, that is the sole responsibility of JBoss Portal. All portal information (including portlets, instances and objects/windows) is kept in the database. The *-object.xml, and similar files, are used both initialize and update the data in the database (hence the '< if-exists >' tag). Unfortunately, no matter how < if-exists > is set, the portal cannot tell that you actually deleted the pages from the database, and thus simply repopulates it. Hmm, maybe a value of 'firstTimeOnly' for < if-exists > might be handy. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4001848#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...