How to Delete A Database In MySQL/MariaDB

In this video, we look at how to list the databases as well as how to delete a MySQL/MariaDB database from the command line.

The commands user are:
mysql – u root -p
(enter your password)
DROP DATABASE tutorial_database;
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS tutorial_database;

SHOW DATABASES;
+————————————+
| Database |
+————————————+
| information_schema |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
|webdata |
+————————————+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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Video by: Andrew Casares