---
title: "Drop a table"
method: POST
path: "/v1/table/{id}/drop"
tags: ["Table", "Metadata"]
---

# Drop a table

`POST /v1/table/{id}/drop`

Drop table `id` and delete its data.

REST NAMESPACE ONLY
REST namespace does not use a request body for this operation.
The `DropTableRequest` information is passed in the following way:
- `id`: pass through path parameter of the same name

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `delimiter` string

## Response `200`

Response of DropTable

- DropTableResponse
  - `transaction_id` string — Optional transaction identifier
  - `id` string[]
  - `location` string
  - `properties` unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — Indicates a bad request error. It could be caused by an unexpected request body format or other forms of request validation failure, such as invalid json. Usually serves application/json content, although in some cases simple text/plain content might be returned by the server's middleware.
- `401` — Unauthorized. The request lacks valid authentication credentials for the operation.
- `403` — Forbidden. Authenticated user does not have the necessary permissions.
- `404` — A server-side problem that means can not find the specified resource.
- `503` — The service is not ready to handle the request. The client should wait and retry. The service may additionally send a Retry-After header to indicate when to retry.
- `5XX` — A server-side problem that might not be addressable from the client side. Used for server 5xx errors without more specific documentation in individual routes.

## Changes

- **2025-12-20** `5d6099d672d3` — 6 breaking, 6 warning, 6 info
  - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `400`
  - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `401`
  - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `403`
  - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `404`
  - …14 more
- **2025-12-11** `6ad4337e3849` — 1 breaking, 1 warning, 1 info
  - removed the request body
  - removed the optional property `transactionId` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `transaction_id` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-07-29** `40a3bc489d46` — 6 breaking, 12 warning, 12 info
  - the response property `type` became optional for the status `400`
  - the response property `type` became optional for the status `401`
  - the response property `type` became optional for the status `403`
  - the response property `type` became optional for the status `404`
  - …26 more
- **2025-07-25** `8769f8e36bc4` — 1 breaking, 4 warning, 2 info
  - the `transactionId` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `array`/`` for status `200`
  - removed the request property `name`
  - removed the request property `namespace`
  - removed the optional property `name` from the response with the `200` status
  - …3 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification/changes/v1/table/:id/drop/post.md)

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