Title: does the database sql file include drop tables?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# does the database sql file include drop tables?

 *  [yach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yach/)
 * (@yach)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-database-sql-file-include-drop-tables/)
 * i wonder what the sql file produce
    when i do a manually backup, i usually check‘
   add drop table’
 * what exactly happens when i backup the database with backwpup?
    what options 
   includes when backing the database up?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-database-sql-file-include-drop-tables/#post-4590434)
 * I don’t know what you really mean.
    Drop Tables is included. What for other options?

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