Deleting sharded property databases
Enterprise EditionNot available on AuraIntroduced in 2025.10

Sharded databases can be deleted using the DROP DATABASE command. Note that you must drop all database aliases before dropping a database.

Table 1. Syntax
Command Syntax

DROP DATABASE <name>

 
DROP DATABASE name [IF EXISTS]
[RESTRICT | CASCADE ALIAS[ES]] [DESTROY [DATA]]
[WAIT [n [SEC[OND[S]]]]|NOWAIT]

Dropping the virtual sharded database cascades to all shards. Individual shards are not allowed to be dropped.