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title: How to Delete a Database Table With phpMyAdmin
description: "🌐This guide is also available in Arabic[← اقرأ بالعربية](https://kb.tarweig.com/docs/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%81-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ae/) In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to delete a database table with phpMyAdmin, we’ll assume that you’ve already logged into phpMyAdmin. If you are not logged in just follow the [steps…"
url: "https://kb.tarweig.com/en/docs/deleting-database-tables-phpmyadmin/"
updated: "2026-10-11"
category: Hosting Management
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# How to Delete a Database Table With phpMyAdmin

🌐This guide is also available in Arabic[← اقرأ بالعربية](https://kb.tarweig.com/docs/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%81-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ae/)

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to delete a database table with phpMyAdmin, we’ll assume that you’ve already logged into phpMyAdmin. If you are not logged in just follow the [steps in this tutorial](https://kb.tarweig.com/en/docs/how-to-use-phpmyadmin/) to login.

**1)** First, we’ll need to select the database, in this example, we’ll use the **chemiclo_demo** database.

**2)** We’ll see here all the tables within this database listed, click on the “**Drop**” link next to the table you wish to delete (drop).

**3)** A confirmation pop-up message will appear, make sure you are deleting the right table and click “**OK**“. A message will appear indicating that your table has been dropped and the table is no longer listed in the database’s list of tables.

**4)** We can also delete (drop) specific fields from this table by clicking the delete icon. In this example, we selected the **test3** table and dropped the **junk** field.

**5)** A confirmation pop-up message will appear, make sure you are deleting the right field and click “OK”.
