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title: Remove Tables from Database Diagrams
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# Remove Tables from Database Diagrams (Visual Database Tools)
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You can remove a table from your database diagram. Removing a table does not alter your database. The table and its relationships to other tables continue to exist in the database.  
  
### To remove a table from a database diagram  
  
1.  In your database diagram, select the table you want to remove.  
  
2.  Right-click the table and choose **Remove Table from Diagram** from the shortcut menu.  
  
    -or-  
  
    Press the ESC key.  
  
    If the table has unsaved changes as a result of edits you made in the database diagram, a message prompts you to save the table before removing it.  
  
The table is removed from your diagram but it continues to exist in the database.  
  
## See Also  
[Work with Database Diagrams (Visual Database Tools)](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/work-with-database-diagrams-visual-database-tools.md)  
[How to: Delete Tables from a Database(https://msdn.microsoft.com/ca6aa3e9-9885-44c3-bafc-aec441fd97ec)