{"id":11561,"date":"2024-03-14T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-all-tables-in-a-tablespace-in-oracle\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:36:35","slug":"how-to-delete-all-tables-in-a-tablespace-in-oracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-all-tables-in-a-tablespace-in-oracle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete all tables in a tablespace in Oracle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To delete all tables in a tablespace, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Firstly, make sure that no conversation is currently using any table in the tablespace.<\/li>\n
  2. Connect to the database using the following statement and switch to the user who owns the table space to be dropped:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    CONNECT username\/password\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Then use the following statement to query all table names in that tablespace:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE tablespace_name = 'tablespace_name';\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      The ‘tablespace_name’ is the name of the tablespace to be deleted.<\/p>\n
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      1. Delete each table that is queried using the following statement:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        DROP TABLE table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        In this case, ‘table_name’ is the name of the table to be deleted.<\/p>\n
          \n
        1. Finally, use the following statement to drop the table space:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          DROP TABLESPACE tablespace_name INCLUDING CONTENTS;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          This will delete the tablespace along with all tables and data within it.<\/p>\n
          Please make sure to properly back up before performing the above steps and ensure you understand the impact of the delete operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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