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Databases are destroyed with the command
<a class="xref" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></a>:<a id="id-1.6.10.8.2.2" class="indexterm"></a>
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DROP DATABASE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>;
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Only the owner of the database, or
a superuser, can drop a database. Dropping a database removes all objects
that were
contained within the database. The destruction of a database cannot
be undone.
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You cannot execute the <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> command
while connected to the victim database. You can, however, be
connected to any other database, including the <code class="literal">template1</code>
database.
<code class="literal">template1</code> would be the only option for dropping the last user database of a
given cluster.
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For convenience, there is also a shell program to drop
databases, <a class="xref" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropdb</span></span></a>:<a id="id-1.6.10.8.4.2" class="indexterm"></a>
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dropdb <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>
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(Unlike <code class="command">createdb</code>, it is not the default action to drop
the database with the current user name.)
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