# How to Delete a MySQL® Database

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## Overview

This document describes how to manually delete a MySQL® database from a cPanel & WHM server. This is useful if, for example, you converted your MySQL databases to a different database type, such as PostgreSQL® or SQLite.

Important:

- We **strongly** suggest that you first try to delete databases through cPanel’s [*MySQL® Databases*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/mysql-databases/) interface. If you manually delete a cPanel user’s database, the database map will become corrupt. This will cause errors and failures in backups because the system cannot properly remove outdated backups.

## Delete MySQL database

To delete a MySQL database, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the WHM interface as the `root` user.
2. Navigate to the *SQL Services* section (*WHM >> Home >> SQL Services*) and click *phpMyAdmin*. The *phpMyAdmin* interface will appear.
3. In the far-left column, select the database that you wish to delete.
4. At the top of the interface, click *Operations*. A new interface will appear.
5. Under the *Remove database* heading, click *Drop the database (DROP)*.
6. Click *OK* to confirm that you wish to delete the database. A success message will appear.
7. If a cPanel user owned the database, navigate to cPanel’s [*MySQL® Databases*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/mysql-databases/) interface and delete the database’s entry.

For more information about phpMyAdmin, visit the [PhpMyAdmin documentation](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/wiki).