DROP DATABASE — remove a database
DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ]name[ [ WITH ] (option[, ...] ) ] whereoptioncan be: FORCE
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!
IF EXISTSDo not throw an error if the database does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
nameThe name of the database to remove.
FORCEAttempt 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.
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 instead, which is a wrapper around this command.
There is no DROP DATABASE statement in the SQL standard.