How to: Delete Tables from a Database
You can delete a table from your database using Server Explorer.
Warning
Think carefully before you delete a table. If existing queries, views, user-defined functions, stored procedures, or programs refer to that table, the deletion will make these objects invalid.
Note
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To delete a table from the database
In Server Explorer, select the table you want to delete.
Right-click the table and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
A message box prompts you to confirm the deletion. Click Yes.
Note
Deleting a table automatically removes any relationships to it.