# Delete databases

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** code, question\
**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100 "2018-03-08T15:52:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![joanne-magliocco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/joanne-magliocco/32/1753_2.png) [@joanne-magliocco](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/joanne-magliocco)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100/1 "2018-03-08T15:52:24Z")

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I created a new website using databases which is working great! But during the development I create many databases that must be deleted - not longer needed. How is this done?

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**Author:** ![\_or](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/_or/32/1004_2.png) [@\_or](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/_or)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100/2 "2018-03-09T14:40:31Z")

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Hi,  
You can delete the content of the database but right now there is no possibility to delete the entire database, just don’t use it.

Good luck 🙂

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**Author:** ![joanne-magliocco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/joanne-magliocco/32/1753_2.png) [@joanne-magliocco](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/joanne-magliocco)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100/3 "2018-03-09T17:46:05Z")

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Just don’t use what?

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**Author:** ![\_tal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/_tal/32/669_2.png) [@\_tal](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/_tal)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100/4 "2018-03-11T08:31:21Z")

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Hi,  
There’s no option to delete the collection. As Or mentioned, you can delete the content. If you don’t need the collection, you don’t have to use it. You can simply create a new one for your purposes.

Best,  
Tal.

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**Author:** ![adas-bradauskas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/adas-bradauskas/32/669_2.png) [@adas-bradauskas](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adas-bradauskas)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/delete-databases/26100/5 "2018-06-15T06:57:55Z")

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Hey!

You can finally remove unneeded database collections from your site! No more “NewCollectionName”, “Test” or other typos polluting your database folder.

Be aware that removing your collection might have some consequences for your site, so it’s better to remove Dynamic Pages, Datasets, and Reference type fields that are pointing to collection about to be deleted.

More details here: [https://support.wix.com/en/article/removing-a-collection-from-your-database](https://support.wix.com/en/article/removing-a-collection-from-your-database) . Happy cleaning!