{% 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 %}