MySQL DROP DATABASE Keyword

The MySQL DROP DATABASE keyword is used to drop an existing MySQL database.

Syntax

The syntax of using DROP DATABASE statement in MySQL is given below:

DROP DATABASE DatabaseName;

Please note that to drop any database, appropriate privilege is required. Along with this, take extra measures while dropping a database. Deleting a database will result in loss of complete information stored in the database.

After dropping the database, the following command can be used to see the list of available databases in RDBMS.

SHOW DATABASES;

Example: drop a database

To drop an existing database with name testDB, the following statement can be used:

DROP DATABASE testDB;

After dropping the database, the SHOW DATABASES; command can be used to see the list of databases available in RDBMS.

mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
Result:
+-------------+
| Database    |
+-------------+
| SQLExample1 |
| SQLExample2 |
| SQLExample3 |
| SQLExample4 |
| SQLExample5 |
| SQLExample6 |
| SQLExample7 |
| SQLExample8 |
+-------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)