When this happens, you\u2019ve some options to clear up the disk space to enable MySQL to continue writing to the disk and resume operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You could:<\/b><\/p>\n Or you could even empty the entire database.<\/span><\/p>\n The article guides<\/b> you through all you need to know on how to empty a MySQL database.<\/span><\/p>\n So, let\u2019s get started.<\/span><\/p>\n You could empty<\/span> a MySQL database by dropping the tables, and luckily, the phpMyAdmin web interface makes this more effortless.<\/b><\/p>\n The phpMyAdmin is free software that helps in the administration of MySQL and MariaDB over the web. It\u2019s like a control panel that streamlines MySQL management to eliminate the need to memorize and write MySQL command codes.<\/span><\/p>\n It helps users <\/b>manage:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0To get started with phpMyAdmin, log in to your <\/span>Spanel account<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The Spanel is Scalahosting\u2019s all-in-one control panel <\/span>that enables you to manage your entire hosting account without paying any additional licensing fees.<\/span><\/p>\n In the Spanel dashboard, click on the <\/span>phpMyAdmin<\/b> tool under the <\/span>Databases<\/b> section.<\/span><\/p>\n Spanel will redirect you to the phpMyAdmin web console. On the interface, click <\/span>Databases<\/b> on the top menu bar.<\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll see a list of your databases; click on the name of the database you intend to empty. Doing this will open the database, and you\u2019ll see all its tables.<\/span><\/p>\n Click on<\/span> Check all<\/b> to select all the tables at a go.<\/span><\/p>\n Or, you could opt to select the tables individually if there are specific tables you don\u2019t intend to delete.<\/span><\/p>\n After checking all the tables you want to drop, click on <\/span>With selected<\/b> below the tables and select <\/span>Drop<\/b> 0n the menu list.<\/span><\/p>\n This command will execute <\/span>the \u201cDROP TABLE\u201d SQL <\/b>query to drop the selected tables at once.<\/span><\/p>\n Click on the <\/span>Go<\/b> button in the next step to confirm and finally execute the task.<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike the phpMyAdmin that makes emptying a database pretty straightforward, using the command line to empty a MySQL database will require you to drop the database first and recreate it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dropping a MySQL database via the command line is irreversible.<\/b> So, ensure that you have the <\/span>drop and create database<\/a><\/span><\/i> privilege assigned to your user account. If not, you\u2019d only drop the database but won\u2019t be able to recreate it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And when you sort these out, here\u2019<\/span>s how to empty a MySQL database via the command line.<\/b><\/p>\n Log in to your server remotely via an SSH client to connect to the database you intend to drop. Of course, make sure to enable SSH for your hosting account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you’re a Windows computer user, you could consider installing Putty.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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