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Hive – Drop Table

Hive facilitates us to drop a table by using the SQL drop table command. Let’s follow the below steps to drop the table from the database.

• Let’s check the list of existing databases by using the following command: –

• Now select the database from which we want to delete the table by using the following command: –

• Let’s check the list of existing tables in the corresponding database.

• Now, drop the table by using the following command: –

• Let’s check whether the table is dropped or not.

As we can see, the table new_employee is not present in the list. Hence, the table is dropped successfully.