---
name: "tables_delete"
area: "tables"
title: "Delete a table"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/tables_delete"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/tables"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_delete"
---

# Delete a table (`tables_delete`)

Deletes a table and all its rows, for good.

Delete a table and all its rows, for good.

Price: Free. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

A table is no longer used.

- For taking out some rows only, use [rows_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_delete.md).

## Say this to your agent

> Delete last year's group ride sign-ups table.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `table` | string | yes | The table's name (or its table_id). 1 to 80 characters. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `tables_delete` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/tables` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "table": "Group ride 2025"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/tables_delete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"table": "Group ride 2025"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "tables_delete",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "deleted": "Group ride 2025"
  }
}
```

`result`: deleted: the table's name.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No table has that name or table_id. | Call tables_list for the names. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [tables_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_create.md): Creates a table with typed columns: text, numbers with decimals or a currency, checkboxes, dates, choices, emails, links, phone numbers or files. $0.001 a call.
- [tables_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_list.md): Every table with its columns and how many rows it has. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tables_change_columns](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_change_columns.md): Adds, renames or removes columns; rows keep their values through a rename. $0.001 a call.
- [rows_add](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_add.md): Adds up to 500 rows, each checked against its columns; if one is wrong, none is added. $0.001 per row added.
- [rows_update](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_update.md): Changes values in up to 500 rows by row number; only the columns given change, and null clears a cell. $0.001 per row changed.
- [rows_upsert](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_upsert.md): Updates the rows whose key column matches and adds the rest, so a list from anywhere syncs without reading the table first. $0.001 per row added or updated.
- [rows_query](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_query.md): Rows matching filters, all or any of them, sorted by up to 3 columns, a page at a time. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [rows_summarize](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_summarize.md): Counts rows, and sums, averages, minimums and maximums of number columns, overall and per group, in one call. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [rows_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/rows_delete.md): Deletes rows by their numbers, for good. Free.
- [tables_export](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_export.md): A CSV of a table, or of the rows matching filters, saved in the file store with a download link. $0.001 a call.
- [tables_import](https://conecto.chat/tools/tables/tables_import.md): Adds the rows of a CSV in the file store to a table, or makes a new table from it. $0.001 per row imported.