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How to: Delete Tables from a Database (Visual Database Tools)

You can delete a table from your database using Object Explorer.

Warning

Think carefully before you delete a table. If existing queries, views, user-defined functions, stored procedures, or programs refer to that table, the deletion will make these objects invalid.

To delete a table from the database

  1. In Object Explorer, select the table you want to delete.

  2. Right-click the table and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

  3. A message box prompts you to confirm the deletion. Click Yes.

    Note

    Deleting a table automatically removes any relationships to it.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Create Tables (Visual Database Tools)

Other Resources

Working with Tables in Table Designer (Visual Database Tools)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance