dropdb - remove a PostgreSQL database


dropdb [ ''options''...? dbname


-h, --host host


-p, --port port


-U, --username username

User name to connect as

-W, --password

Force password prompt.

-e, --echo

Echo the queries that dropdb generates and sends to the server.

-q, --quiet

Do not display a response.

-i, --interactive

Issues a verification prompt before doing anything destructive.


Specifies the name of the database to be removed. The database must be one of the existing PostgreSQL databases in this installation.

The options -h, -p, -U, -W, and -e are passed on literally to psql(1).



The database was successfully removed.

dropdb: Database removal failed.

Something didn't work out.

If there is an error condition, the backend error message will be displayed. See DROP DATABASE [__drop_database__(l)? and psql(1) for possibilities.



dropdb is a shell script wrapper around the SQL command DROP DATABASE [__drop_database__(l)? via the PostgreSQL interactive terminal psql(1). Thus, there is nothing special about dropping databases via this or other methods. This means that the psql must be found by the script and that a database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any default settings and environment variables available to psql and the libpq front-end library do apply.


To destroy the database demo on the default database server:

$ dropdb demo DROP DATABASE


$ dropdb -p 5000 -h eden -i -e demo Database y DROP DATABASE __



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