Secure 5.1: Couchbase dropCollection

Couchbase dropCollection

Last updated: July 13, 2026

Drops a collection from a scope in a Couchbase bucket. Dropping a collection permanently deletes all documents within it.

Known limitations:

This operation is irreversible. There is no automatic rollback support.
Dropping a collection permanently deletes all 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 containing the collection.	Yes
`collectionName`	String	The name of the collection 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:dropCollection>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
            <ext:collectionName>myCollection</ext:collectionName>
        </ext:dropCollection>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

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

databaseChangeLog:
    - changeSet:
        author: liquibase
        id: 1
        dropCollection:
            bucketName: myBucket
            collectionName: myCollection
            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:dropCollection>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
            <ext:collectionName>myCollection</ext:collectionName>
        </ext:dropCollection>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

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

databaseChangeLog:
    - changeSet:
        author: liquibase
        id: 1
        dropCollection:
            bucketName: myBucket
            collectionName: myCollection
            scopeName: myScope

Couchbase dropCollection

Available attributes

XML example

JSON example

YAML example

More like this