Remove an Application Pool (IIS 7)

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

If an application pool does not have any applications assigned to it, you can remove the application pool. However, if the application pool has applications assigned to it, you must assign those applications to another application pool before removing the original application pool. Applications cannot run unless they are associated with an application pool.

Important

IIS applications anywhere in a site's directory structure can run in the Default Application Pool if they have the appropriate permissions. If you remove the Default Web Site for security reasons, the Default Application Pool is also removed. Therefore, you must make sure that you have already assigned all applications on your Web server to other application pools.

Prerequisites

For information about the levels at which you can perform this procedure, and the modules, handlers, and permissions that are required for this procedure, see Application Pools Feature Requirements (IIS 7).

Exceptions to Feature Requirements

  • None

To remove an application pool

You can perform this procedure by using the user interface (UI), by running Appcmd.exe commands in a command-line window, by editing configuration files directly, or by writing WMI scripts.

User Interface

To use the UI

  1. Open IIS Manager. For information about opening IIS Manager, see Open IIS Manager (IIS 7).

  2. In the Connections pane, expand the server node and click Application Pools.

  3. On the Application Pools page, select the application pool you want to remove.

  4. In the Actions pane, click Remove and then click Yes.

Command Line

To remove an application pool, use the following syntax:

**appcmd delete apppool /apppool.name:**string

The variable string is the name of the application pool that you want to remove. For example, to remove an application pool named Marketing, type the following at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:

appcmd delete apppool /apppool.name:Marketing

For more information about Appcmd.exe, see Appcmd.exe (IIS 7).

Configuration

The procedure in this topic affects the following configuration elements:

<applicationPools>

For more information about IIS 7 configuration, see IIS 7.0: IIS Settings Schema on MSDN.

WMI

Use the following WMI classes, methods, or properties to perform this procedure:

  • ApplicationPool.Delete_ method

Note

To delete an instance of this object, use the object’s Delete_ system method that it inherits from WMI. For more information about Delete_, see SWbemObject.Delete_ on the MSDN site.

For more information about WMI and IIS, see Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) in IIS 7. For more information about the classes, methods, or properties associated with this procedure, see the IIS WMI Provider Reference on the MSDN site.

See Also

Concepts

Managing Application Pools in IIS 7