How do you delete the metadata of a table in Hive?

To delete the metadata of a Hive table, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the command line interface of Hive or use the Hue tool.
  2. Use the DROP TABLE command to delete a table along with its metadata. For example, to delete a table named my_table, you can execute the following command:
DROP TABLE my_table;
  1. Confirm if you want to delete the table and its metadata. The system will prompt if you want to proceed with deleting the table.
  2. Press Y to confirm the delete operation.
  3. The table’s metadata will be deleted, but the data files of the table will not be deleted. You will need to manually delete these data files.

Please note that deleting the metadata of a table is irreversible, and once deleted, it cannot be recovered. Be sure to back up important data before deleting.

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