It is very easy to drop an existing MySQL table. But you need to be very careful while deleting any existing table because data lost will not be recovered after deleting a table.
Syntax:
Here is generic SQL syntax to drop a MySQL table:
DROP TABLE table_name ;
Dropping Tables from Command Prompt:
This needs just to execute DROP TABLE SQL command at mysql> prompt.
Example:
Here is an example which deletes tutorials_tbl:
root@host# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:*******
mysql> use TUTORIALS;
Database changed
mysql> DROP TABLE tutorials_tbl
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.8 sec)
mysql>