> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

# Method name: deleteExternalDatabaseConnection(name: string)

# Method package: wixDataV2

# Method menu location: wixDataV2 --> externalDatabaseConnections --> deleteExternalDatabaseConnection

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-data-v2/external-database-connections/delete-external-database-connection.md

# Method Description:

Deletes an external database connection.

> **Note:** Once an external database connection is deleted, it can't be restored. To reconnect the database, create a new external database connection.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Delete an external database connection (dashboard page code)

```javascript
import { externalDatabaseConnections } from "wix-data.v2";
import { elevate } from "wix-auth";

const elevatedDeleteExternalDbConnection = elevate(externalDatabaseConnections.deleteExternalDatabaseConnection);

/* 
 * Sample name value: 'ConnectionOne'
 */

export async function myDeleteExternalDbConnection (name) {
  try {
    await elevatedDeleteExternalDbConnection(name);

    return;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    // Handle the error
  }        
}

/* Promise resolves to void */
```

## Delete an external database connection (export from backend code) 

```javascript
import { Permissions, webMethod } from "wix-web-module";
import { externalDatabaseConnections } from "wix-data.v2";
import { elevate } from "wix-auth";

const elevatedDeleteExternalDbConnection = elevate(externalDatabaseConnections.deleteExternalDatabaseConnection);

/* 
 * Sample name value: 'ConnectionOne'
 */

export const myDeleteExternalDbConnection = webMethod(
  Permissions.Admin,
  async (name) => {
    try {
      await elevatedDeleteExternalDbConnection(name);

      return;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
      // Handle the error
    }        
  }
)

/* Promise resolves to void */
```

---