Secure 5.1.1: Couchbase dropScope

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Couchbase dropScope

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Drops a scope from a Couchbase bucket. Dropping a scope permanently deletes all collections and documents within it.

Known limitations:

This operation is irreversible. There is no automatic rollback support.
Dropping a scope permanently deletes all collections and documents within it.

Available attributes

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
`bucketName`	String	The name of the bucket containing the scope.	Yes
`scopeName`	String	The name of the scope to drop.	Yes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-4.19.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-couchbase-ext.xsd">

    <changeSet id="1" author="liquibase">
        <ext:dropScope>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
        </ext:dropScope>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "1",
        "author": "liquibase",
        "dropScope": {
          "bucketName": "myBucket",
          "scopeName": "myScope"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  - changeSet:
      id: '1'
      author: liquibase
      dropScope:
        bucketName: myBucket
        scopeName: myScope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-4.19.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-couchbase-ext.xsd">

    <changeSet id="1" author="liquibase">
        <ext:dropScope>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
        </ext:dropScope>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "1",
        "author": "liquibase",
        "dropScope": {
          "bucketName": "myBucket",
          "scopeName": "myScope"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  - changeSet:
      id: '1'
      author: liquibase
      dropScope:
        bucketName: myBucket
        scopeName: myScope

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