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'\" t .\" Title: DROP DATABASE .\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> .\" Date: 2025 .\" Manual: PostgreSQL 14.18 Documentation .\" Source: PostgreSQL 14.18 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "DROP DATABASE" "7" "2025" "PostgreSQL 14.18" "PostgreSQL 14.18 Documentation" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" DROP_DATABASE \- remove a database .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [ [ WITH ] ( \fIoption\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ) ] where \fIoption\fR can be: FORCE .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBDROP DATABASE\fR drops a database\&. It removes the catalog entries for the database and deletes the directory containing the data\&. It can only be executed by the database owner\&. It cannot be executed while you are connected to the target database\&. (Connect to postgres or any other database to issue this command\&.) Also, if anyone else is connected to the target database, this command will fail unless you use the FORCE option described below\&. .PP \fBDROP DATABASE\fR cannot be undone\&. Use it with care! .SH "PARAMETERS" .PP IF EXISTS .RS 4 Do not throw an error if the database does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. .RE .PP \fIname\fR .RS 4 The name of the database to remove\&. .RE .PP FORCE .RS 4 Attempt to terminate all existing connections to the target database\&. It doesn\*(Aqt terminate if prepared transactions, active logical replication slots or subscriptions are present in the target database\&. .sp This terminates background worker connections and connections that the current user has permission to terminate with \fBpg_terminate_backend\fR, described in Section\ \&9.27.2\&. If connections would remain, this command will fail\&. .RE .SH "NOTES" .PP \fBDROP DATABASE\fR cannot be executed inside a transaction block\&. .PP This command cannot be executed while connected to the target database\&. Thus, it might be more convenient to use the program \fBdropdb\fR(1) instead, which is a wrapper around this command\&. .SH "COMPATIBILITY" .PP There is no \fBDROP DATABASE\fR statement in the SQL standard\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" CREATE DATABASE (\fBCREATE_DATABASE\fR(7))