MySQL Drop Table

Delete a Table

You can delete an existing table by using the "DROP TABLE" statement:

Example

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",

user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword",
  database="mydatabase"
)

mycursor =
mydb.cursor()

sql = "DROP TABLE customers"

mycursor.execute(sql)

Drop Only if Exist

If the table you want to delete is already deleted, or for any other reason does not exist, you can use the IF EXISTS keyword to avoid getting an error.

Example

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",

user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword",
  database="mydatabase"
)

mycursor =
mydb.cursor()

sql = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS customers"

mycursor.execute(sql)