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title: Delete a table
description: Use the Admin UI or the influxctl table delete command to delete a table from a database in your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/admin/tables/delete/
estimated_tokens: 754
product: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
version: cloud-dedicated
---

# Delete a table

Use the Admin UI or the [`influxctl table delete` command](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/cli/influxctl/table/delete/) to delete a table from a database in your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster.

#### Wait before writing to a new table with the same name

After deleting a table from your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster, you can reuse the name to create a new table, but **wait two to three minutes** after deleting the previous table before writing to the new table to allow write caches to clear.

#### Deleted tables may be able to be restored

Deleted tables may be able to be [restored](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/admin/tables/undelete/) within approximately 7 days of deletion.

Provide the following arguments:

-   **Database name**: Name of the database that contains the table to delete
-   **Table name**: Name of the table to delete

```sh
influxctl table delete DATABASE_NAME TABLE_NAME
```

Replace the following:

-   `DATABASE_NAME`: Name of the database that contains the table to delete
-   `TABLE_NAME`: Name of the table to delete

When prompted, enter `y` to confirm the deletion.

#### Pause writes before deleting a table

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated creates tables implicitly using table names specified in line protocol written to the databases. To prevent the deleted table from being immediately recreated by incoming write requests, pause all write requests to the table before deleting it.

#### Related

-   [Undelete a table](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/admin/tables/undelete/)
-   [influxctl table delete](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/cli/influxctl/table/delete/)