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# DROP EXTERNAL ICEBERG TABLE

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Note**

This command does not drop the specified Apache Iceberg table or its data; it simply stops the optimization process. Dropping an external tables means the table will no longer be managed by Upsolver. 
{% endhint %}

## Syntax

```sql
DROP EXTERNAL TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <table_identifier>;    
```

#### `IF EXISTS`

(Optional) To prevent the Upsolver query engine from returning an error if the table does not exist, include `IF EXISTS` in your `DROP` statement; instead, you will see the message **Operation resulted in no change**.

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## Example

```sql
DROP EXTERNAL TABLE IF EXISTS "my_test_table";
```


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