How do you operate the command to delete a database in MySQL?

To delete a database, you can use the following command:

DROP DATABASE database_name;

In this case, database_name is the name of the database to be deleted.

Before deleting a database, it is necessary to confirm by using the following command:

DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS database_name;

This way, the command won’t throw an error if the database doesn’t exist.

Please be aware that deleting the database will permanently erase all data within it, so please make sure to back up important data before proceeding with the deletion.