---
title: "Delete a database"
method: DELETE
path: "/organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}"
tags: ["Databases"]
---

# Delete a database

`DELETE /organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}`

### Authorization
A service token or OAuth token must have at least one of the following access or scopes in order to use this API endpoint:

**Service Token Accesses**
 `delete_database`

**OAuth Scopes**

 | Resource | Scopes |
| :------- | :---------- |
| Organization | `delete_databases` |
| Database | `delete_database` |

## Path parameters

- `organization` string, required
- `database` string, required

## Response `204`

Deletes a database

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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