Destroying a Postgres DB on Heroku
I want to destroy the database but I'm not sure what the command would be. Does anyone know how to do this? CraigKerstiens You shouldn't use a postgres command to fully delete your database, as you will not have permissions to create a new one. Instead you should use the heroku command to clear out your database: heroku pg:reset DATABASE_URL None of the answers above actually describe how to destroy a Heroku database, which was the original question (and what led me here seeking an answer). From their docs , either of these will work: heroku addons:destroy heroku-postgresql:tier (where tier is