{"id":1426,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583544-how-to-delete-a-database-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:13:43","slug":"1583544-how-to-delete-a-database-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583544-how-to-delete-a-database-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a Database in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to delete a database, it is recommended to <b><a href=\"\/support\/5981435-how-to-download-backups-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">download a backup<\/a><\/b> of your database beforehand, as this is a <b>non-reversible<\/b> action.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you&rsquo;re ready to delete the database, navigate to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b>&rarr; <b>Manage<\/b>, search for <b>Databases<\/b> <b>Management<\/b> on the sidebar and click on it:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/5394d956-d890-4dff-a510-3354137220a6.jpg\" alt=\"The Database Management menu item\" width=\"250\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Find the section <b>List of Current MySQL Databases And Users<\/b>,<b> <\/b>click on the options button (<b>&#8942;<\/b>)<b> <\/b>next to the desired database and select <b>Delete<\/b>: <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/94d6f231-1acc-4deb-a5a6-1717982c680c.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">On the pop-up window, click on <b>Confirm Delete<\/b>. That&rsquo;s it, your database and its content is <b>permanently removed<\/b> from your hosting plan.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you prefer to keep the database structure and only empty its content, refer to this guide: <b><a href=\"\/support\/4536290-how-to-delete-all-database-tables-in-phpmyadmin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Delete All Database Tables<\/a><\/b> &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deleting MySQL databases at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583544-how-to-delete-a-database-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583544-como-eliminar-una-base-de-datos-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583544-comment-supprimer-une-base-de-donnees-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583544-bagaimana-cara-menghapus-database-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583544-como-excluir-um-banco-de-dados-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583544------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5121,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions\/5121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}