MySQL Drop View

Last Updated: 20 June, 2023

To drop a view in MySQL, we can use the DROP VIEW statement followed by the name of the view you want to delete.

Here's the syntax:

 DROP VIEW [IF EXISTS] view_name;

Let's break down the components of this statement:

• DROP VIEW is the command used to drop a view.
• IF EXISTS (optional) is used to prevent an error from occurring if the view doesn't exist. If the view exists, it will be dropped. If it doesn't exist, no error will be thrown.
• view_name is the name of the view we want to drop.

Here's an example of dropping a view named "my_view":

 DROP VIEW my_view;

If we want to use the IF EXISTS option to avoid errors, we can use it like this:

 DROP VIEW IF EXISTS my_view;

Make sure we have the necessary privileges to drop views in the database we're working with.