---
layout: default
title: db drop
grand_parent: Stardog Admin CLI Reference
parent: db
description: 'Drops an existing database.'
---

#  `stardog-admin db drop` 
## Description
Drops an existing database.
## Usage
`stardog-admin [ --krb5 ] [ --krb5-disable-rdns ] [ --server <server url> ] db  drop [ {-p | --passwd} <password> ] [ {-P | --ask-password} ] [ --run-as <username> ] [ --token <token> ] [ {-u | --username} <username> ] [ {-v | --verbose} ] [--] <database>`
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## Options

Name, shorthand | Description 
---|---
`--krb5` | Use the Kerberos environment.
`--krb5-disable-rdns` | Disable reverse DNS lookup for Kerberos clients.
`-p <password>, --passwd <password>` | Password.
`-P, --ask-password` | Prompt for password.
`--run-as <username>` | User to impersonate when running the command
`--server <server url>` | URL of Stardog Server. If this option isn't specified, it will be read from JVM argument 'stardog.default.cli.server'. If the JVM arg isn't set, the default value 'http://localhost:5820' is used. If server URL has no explicit port value, the default port value '5820' is used.  Example: 'stardog-admin --server http://12.34.56.78:5820 server stop' 
`--token <token>` | Stardog JWT token
`-u <username>, --username <username>` | User name.
`-v, --verbose` | Flag that can cause more detailed information to be printed such as errors and status. Exact output depends upon the command and options used.
`--` | This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of argument(s). (Useful when an argument might be mistaken for a command-line option)
`<database>` | Database to drop.

## Discussion
Deletes an existing database. Once removed, the database will no longer be available to users and all extant data on disk will be removed.

## Examples
Drop the database named 'foo':
```bash
    $ stardog-admin db drop foo
```

