If you want to delete an existing table and its data rows, you can use the "DROP TABLE" statement as shown in the tutorial script below:

mysql> SELECT * FROM tipBackup;

+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+

| id | subject  | description   | create_date |

+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+

| 1 | Learn MySQL | Visit www.GlobalGuideLine.com | 2006-07-01 |

+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+

1 row in set (0.40 sec)

mysql> DROP TABLE tipBackup;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM tipBackup;

ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'ggl.tipbackup' doesn't exist

Be careful, when you use the "DROP TABLE" statement. All data rows are gone too.