# DeleteTable
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Removes a table definition from the Data Catalog.

**Note**  
After completing this operation, you no longer have access to the table versions and partitions that belong to the deleted table. AWS Glue deletes these "orphaned" resources asynchronously in a timely manner, at the discretion of the service.  
To ensure the immediate deletion of all related resources, before calling `DeleteTable`, use `DeleteTableVersion` or `BatchDeleteTableVersion`, and `DeletePartition` or `BatchDeletePartition`, to delete any resources that belong to the table.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "CatalogId": "string",
   "DatabaseName": "string",
   "Name": "string",
   "TransactionId": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [CatalogId](#API_DeleteTable_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-DeleteTable-request-CatalogId"></a>
The ID of the Data Catalog where the table resides. If none is provided, the AWS account ID is used by default.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`   
Required: No

 ** [DatabaseName](#API_DeleteTable_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-DeleteTable-request-DatabaseName"></a>
The name of the catalog database in which the table resides. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [Name](#API_DeleteTable_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-DeleteTable-request-Name"></a>
The name of the table to be deleted. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [TransactionId](#API_DeleteTable_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-DeleteTable-request-TransactionId"></a>
The transaction ID at which to delete the table contents.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\p{L}\p{N}\p{P}]*`   
Required: No

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ConcurrentModificationException **   
Two processes are trying to modify a resource simultaneously.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EntityNotFoundException **   
A specified entity does not exist    
 ** FromFederationSource **   
Indicates whether or not the exception relates to a federated source.  
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** FederationSourceException **   
A federation source failed.    
 ** FederationSourceErrorCode **   
The error code of the problem.  
 ** Message **   
The message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** FederationSourceRetryableException **   
A federation source failed, but the operation may be retried.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServiceException **   
An internal service error occurred.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidInputException **   
The input provided was not valid.    
 ** FromFederationSource **   
Indicates whether or not the exception relates to a federated source.  
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** OperationTimeoutException **   
The operation timed out.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotReadyException **   
A resource was not ready for a transaction.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteTable)