Uninstall WebSphere Portal does not delete search collections

When we uninstall WebSphere Portal, the directories and files for the search collections are not deleted. Therefore, before you uninstall WebSphere Portal, delete all search collections by selecting the collections individually and clicking the option Delete Collection. If we do not delete, these files and directories remain on the hard disk drive. To delete the search collection data after uninstalling WebSphere Portal, we need to delete manually.

The directory path of a search collection is determined by what you typed in the field Location of Collection when creating the search collection. We can look up the collection location by doing the following steps:

1. Click the Administration menu icon in the toolbar to open the administration menu.

2. Click Search Administration > Manage Search > Search Collections.

3. Select the collection from the Search Collections box.

4. The collection location is shown in the list under Search collection status information.

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