Postgres drop database error: pq: cannot drop the currently open database

Question

I\'m trying to drop the database I\'m currently connected to like so, but I\'m getting this error:

pq: cannot drop the currently open database

Answer 1

None of this worked for me since I tried to do it through pgAdmin which kept database connections open as soon as I delete them.

Solution:

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\11\scripts\runpsql.bat

after you supply correct information you will be able to get pg command prompt, here you can just type:

dbdrop yourdatabase

After that you might still see database in pgAdmin but now you can just simply delete it with right click and DELETE/DROP option.