{% include anchor.html edit="true" 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 (err, response) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err);
  } else {
    // success
  }
});
{% endhighlight %}
{% include code/end.html %}

{% include code/start.html id="destroy_db" type="async" %}

{% highlight js %}
try {
  await db.destroy();
} catch (err) {
  console.log(err);
}
{% endhighlight %}
{% include code/end.html %}

{% include code/start.html id="destroy_db" type="promise" %}

{% highlight js %}
db.destroy().then(function (response) {
  // success
}).catch(function (err) {
  console.log(err);
});
{% endhighlight %}
{% include code/end.html %}

#### Example Response:
{% highlight js %}
{
  "ok" : true
}
{% endhighlight %}