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Basic Table Operations

Creating a Table | Design a Table | Open a Table | Add Records | Edit a Table | Navigate a Table | Close a Table | Delete a Table | Self Assessment | Summary & FAQs

Deleting a table

Outcomes

Upon completion of this tutorial the learner will be able to: Delete a database table

Click on the table and right-click to activate the popup menu. Choose Delete. You will be asked to confirm the deletion. Be careful when choosing that you really want to delete the table.

Delete pop-up menu

Figure 1. Method One: Menu

When you want to delete a table you can right-click the table you want to delete and select Delete from the pop-up menu.

Activity

Other methods for deleting tables; It is also possible to delete a table using a button on the toolbar or from a menu command. Identify the button on the table toolbar for deleting a table. Navigate the menus to find the menu item to delete a table. Can you find any other ways to delete a table?

Test your knowledge

Deleting a table

1. There is a fourth method to delete a table? TRUE → Absolutely Correct! You can press the delete key. FALSE → Incorrect, You can press the delete key on the keyboard to delete a table. Your score is 0 / 0