<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>22.5. Destroying a Database</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="manage-ag-config.html" title="22.4. Database Configuration" /><link rel="next" href="manage-ag-tablespaces.html" title="22.6. Tablespaces" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">22.5. Destroying a Database</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="manage-ag-config.html" title="22.4. Database Configuration">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="managing-databases.html" title="Chapter 22. Managing Databases">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 22. Managing Databases</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="manage-ag-tablespaces.html" title="22.6. Tablespaces">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="MANAGE-AG-DROPDB"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">22.5. Destroying a Database</h2></div></div></div><p> Databases are destroyed with the command <a class="xref" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></a>:<a id="id-1.6.9.8.2.2" class="indexterm"></a> </p><pre class="synopsis"> DROP DATABASE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>; </pre><p> Only the owner of the database, or a superuser, can drop a database. Dropping a database removes all objects that were contained within the database. The destruction of a database cannot be undone. </p><p> You cannot execute the <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> command while connected to the victim database. You can, however, be connected to any other database, including the <code class="literal">template1</code> database. <code class="literal">template1</code> would be the only option for dropping the last user database of a given cluster. </p><p> For convenience, there is also a shell program to drop databases, <a class="xref" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropdb</span></span></a>:<a id="id-1.6.9.8.4.2" class="indexterm"></a> </p><pre class="synopsis"> dropdb <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> </pre><p> (Unlike <code class="command">createdb</code>, it is not the default action to drop the database with the current user name.) </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="manage-ag-config.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="managing-databases.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="manage-ag-tablespaces.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">22.4. Database Configuration </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 22.6. Tablespaces</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
