DELETE SUB

Use the MQSC command DELETE SUB to remove a durable subscription from the system. For a managed destination, any unprocessed messages left on the destination are removed.

Using MQSC commands

For information on how you use MQSC commands, see Performing local administration tasks using MQSC commands.

IBM® i	UNIX and Linux®	Windows	z/OS®
			CR

For an explanation of the symbols in the z/OS column, see Using commands on z/OS.

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Usage notes for DELETE SUB
Parameter descriptions for DELETE SUB

Synonym: DEL SUB

DELETE SUB

Notes:

¹ Valid only on z/OS.
² Valid only on z/OS when the queue manager is a member of a queue-sharing group.

Usage notes for DELETE SUB

You can specify either the name, the identifier, or both, of the subscription you want to delete.
Examples of valid forms:
```
  DELETE SUB(xyz)
  DELETE SUB SUBID(123)
  DELETE SUB(xyz) SUBID(123)
```
Successful completion of the command does not mean that the action completed. To check for true completion, see the DELETE SUB step in Checking that async commands for distributed networks have finished.

Parameter descriptions for DELETE SUB

subscription-name

The local name of the subscription definition to be deleted.

CMDSCOPE

This parameter applies to z/OS only and specifies how the command is executed when the queue manager is a member of a queue-sharing group.

CMDSCOPE must be blank, or the local queue manager, if QSGDISP is set to GROUP.

' ': The command is processed on the queue manager on which it was entered. This is the default value.
qmgr-name: The command is processed on the queue manager you specify, providing the queue manager is active within the queue-sharing group.
You can specify a queue manager name other than the queue manager on which the command was entered, only if you are using a queue-sharing group environment and if the command server is enabled.
*: The command is processed on the local queue manager and is also passed to every active queue manager in the queue-sharing group. The effect of this is the same as entering the command on every queue manager in the queue-sharing group.

You cannot use CMDSCOPE as a filter keyword.

SUBID( string )

The internal, unique key identifying a subscription.