# Deleting table from dynamodb

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/deleting-table-from-dynamodb/3837>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/deleting-table-from-dynamodb/3837 "2018-02-22T17:08:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rekuabme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rekuabme](https://forum.serverless.com/u/rekuabme)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/deleting-table-from-dynamodb/3837/1 "2018-02-22T17:08:46Z")

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I’ve got a DynamoDB resource with 2 tables in a serverless.yml file. I have deleted the serverless.yml file as I no longer need that.I expected that those tables will also get deleted from dynamodb as well. However, I still find those tables in Dynamodb.

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**Author:** ![bill](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/bill/32/1072_2.png) [@bill](https://forum.serverless.com/u/bill)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/deleting-table-from-dynamodb/3837/2 "2018-02-22T22:57:35Z")

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Please review its `DeletionPolicy` is `Retain` or `Delete`.