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Delete a database

Use the influxctl database delete command to delete a database from your InfluxDB cluster.

  1. If you haven’t already, download and install the influxctl CLI.

  2. Run the influxctl database delete command and provide the following:

    • The name of the database to delete

  3. Confirm that you want to delete the database.

influxctl database delete 
DATABASE_NAME

Wait before writing to a new database with the same name

After deleting a database from your InfluxDB cluster, you can reuse the name to create a new database, but wait two to three minutes after deleting the previous database before writing to the new database to allow write caches to clear.

Tokens still grant access to databases with the same name

Database tokens are associated to databases by name. If you create a new database with the same name, tokens that granted access to the deleted database will also grant access to the new database.

Never directly modify the Catalog

Never directly modify the PostgreSQL-compatible Catalog. Doing so will result in an undefined state for various components and may lead to data loss and crashes.

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