{% include anchor.html title="Delete a database" hash="delete_database"%} {% highlight js %} db.destroy([options], [callback]) {% endhighlight %} Delete the database. Note that this has no impact on other replicated databases. ### Options * `options.ajax`: (Remote databases only.) Ajax requester options, [as described above](#create_database). #### Example Usage {% include code/start.html id="destroy_db" type="callback" %} {% highlight js %} db.destroy(function (error) { if (error) { return console.log(error); } else { // success } }); {% endhighlight %} {% include code/end.html %} {% include code/start.html id="destroy_db" type="promise" %} {% highlight js %} db.destroy().then(function () { // success }).catch(function (error) { console.log(error); }); {% endhighlight %} {% include code/end.html %}