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   2 <!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>DROP 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="sql-dropconversion.html" title="DROP CONVERSION" /><link rel="next" href="sql-dropdomain.html" title="DROP DOMAIN" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">DROP DATABASE</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropconversion.html" title="DROP CONVERSION">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">SQL Commands</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-dropdomain.html" title="DROP DOMAIN">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="SQL-DROPDATABASE"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.3.108.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></h2><p>DROP DATABASE — remove a database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis">
   3 DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [ [ WITH ] ( <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em> [, ...] ) ]
   4
   5 <span class="phrase">where <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em> can be:</span>
   6
   7     FORCE
   8 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.108.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
   9    <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> drops a database. It removes the
  10    catalog entries for the database and deletes the directory
  11    containing the data.  It can only be executed by the database owner.
  12    It cannot be executed while you are connected to the target database.
  13    (Connect to <code class="literal">postgres</code> or any other database to issue this
  14    command.)
  15    Also, if anyone else is connected to the target database, this command will
  16    fail unless you use the <code class="literal">FORCE</code> option described below.
  17   </p><p>
  18    <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> cannot be undone.  Use it with care!
  19   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.108.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  20       Do not throw an error if the database does not exist. A notice is issued
  21       in this case.
  22      </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
  23       The name of the database to remove.
  24      </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">FORCE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  25       Attempt to terminate all existing connections to the target database.
  26       It doesn't terminate if prepared transactions, active logical replication
  27       slots or subscriptions are present in the target database.
  28      </p><p>
  29       This terminates background worker connections and connections that the
  30       current user has permission to terminate
  31       with <code class="function">pg_terminate_backend</code>, described in
  32       <a class="xref" href="functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-SIGNAL" title="9.28.2. Server Signaling Functions">Section 9.28.2</a>.  If connections would remain,
  33       this command will fail.
  34      </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.108.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
  35     <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> cannot be executed inside a transaction
  36     block.
  37    </p><p>
  38    This command cannot be executed while connected to the target
  39    database. Thus, it might be more convenient to use the program
  40    <a class="xref" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropdb</span></span></a> instead,
  41    which is a wrapper around this command.
  42   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.108.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
  43    There is no <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> statement in the SQL standard.
  44   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.108.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createdatabase.html" title="CREATE DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE DATABASE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-dropconversion.html" title="DROP CONVERSION">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-dropdomain.html" title="DROP DOMAIN">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP CONVERSION </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP DOMAIN</td></tr></table></div></body></html>