DROP DATABASE(7)         PostgreSQL 16.2 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
       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.

       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
           issued 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 replication slots or subscriptions are present in the
           target database.

           This will fail if the current user has no permissions to terminate
           other connections. Required permissions are the same as with
           pg_terminate_backend, described in Section 9.27.2. This will also
           fail if we are not able to terminate connections.

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))

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