# dropIPCInMemoryTable {#dropipcinmemorytable}

**Parent topic:**[Functions](../../Functions/category.md)

## Syntax {#syntax}

`dropIPCInMemoryTable(tableName)`

## Arguments {#arguments}

**tableName** is a string indicating the name of IPC in-memory table to be dropped.

## Details {#details}

Drop an IPC in-memory table.

**Note:**

-   This function can only be executed on Linux.
-   An IPC in-memory table cannot be deleted if a server is shut down. It still needs to be deleted through function `dropIPCInMemoryTable`.

## Examples {#examples}

Drop the table ipc\_table created by function [createIPCInMemoryTable](../c/createIPCInMemoryTable.md).

``` {#codeblock_att_wfl_hzb}
dropIPCInMemoryTable(`ipc_table)
// output: ipc_table
```

