DROP DATABASE(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation DROP DATABASE(7) NAME DROP_DATABASE - remove a database SYNOPSIS DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ [ WITH ] ( option [, ...] ) ] where option can be: FORCE DESCRIPTION DROP DATABASE drops a database. It removes the catalog entries for the database and deletes the directory containing the data. It can only be exe- cuted 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. DROP DATABASE cannot be undone. Use it with care! PARAMETERS IF EXISTS Do not throw an error if the database does not exist. A notice is is- sued in this case. name The name of the database to remove. FORCE Attempt to terminate all existing connections to the target database. It doesn't terminate if prepared transactions, active logical replica- tion slots or subscriptions are present in the target database. This terminates background worker connections and connections that the current user has permission to terminate with pg_terminate_backend, de- scribed in Section 9.28.2. If connections would remain, this command will fail. NOTES DROP DATABASE cannot be executed inside a transaction block. This command cannot be executed while connected to the target database. Thus, it might be more convenient to use the program dropdb(1) instead, which is a wrapper around this command. COMPATIBILITY There is no DROP DATABASE statement in the SQL standard. SEE ALSO CREATE DATABASE (CREATE_DATABASE(7)) PostgreSQL 18.6 2026 DROP DATABASE(7)
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