# Neon CLI command: databases

List, create, and delete databases in a Neon project

The `databases` command lists, creates, and deletes databases in a Neon project from the terminal. For information about databases in Neon, see [Manage databases](/guides/manage-operate-manage-databases). If `--project-id` is omitted, the CLI resolves it from your [context file](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-link), auto-selects when your account has only one project, and otherwise asks you to pass `--project-id`.

Subcommands: [create](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-databases#neon-databases-create), [delete](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-databases#neon-databases-delete), [list](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-databases#neon-databases-list)

## neon databases list

Lists databases. If you don't specify a branch ID or name with `--branch`, the command targets the project's default branch. This applies to all `databases` subcommands.

```bash
neon databases list [options]
```

| Option         | Description       | Type   | Default | Required |
| -------------- | ----------------- | ------ | ------- | :------: |
| `--branch`     | Branch ID or name | string | —       |    No    |
| `--project-id` | Project ID        | string | —       |    No    |

```bash
neon databases list --branch br-autumn-dust-190886
```

```text filename="Output"
┌────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name   │ Owner Name │ Created At           │
├────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ neondb │ daniel     │ 2023-06-19T18:27:19Z │
└────────┴────────────┴──────────────────────┘
```

## neon databases create

Creates a database. If you don't specify `--owner-name`, the current user becomes the database owner.

```bash
neon databases create [options]
```

| Option         | Description       | Type   | Default | Required |
| -------------- | ----------------- | ------ | ------- | :------: |
| `--name`       | Database name     | string | —       |    Yes   |
| `--owner-name` | Owner name        | string | —       |    No    |
| `--branch`     | Branch ID or name | string | —       |    No    |
| `--project-id` | Project ID        | string | —       |    No    |

```bash
neon databases create --name mynewdb --owner-name john
```

```text filename="Output"
┌─────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name    │ Owner Name │ Created At           │
├─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ mynewdb │ john       │ 2023-06-19T23:45:45Z │
└─────────┴────────────┴──────────────────────┘
```

## neon databases delete

Deletes a database. The `<database>` is the database name.

```bash
neon databases delete <database> [options]
```

| Option         | Description       | Type   | Default | Required |
| -------------- | ----------------- | ------ | ------- | :------: |
| `--branch`     | Branch ID or name | string | —       |    No    |
| `--project-id` | Project ID        | string | —       |    No    |

```bash
neon databases delete mydb
```

```text filename="Output"
┌─────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name    │ Owner Name │ Created At           │
├─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ mydb    │ daniel     │ 2023-06-19T23:45:45Z │
└─────────┴────────────┴──────────────────────┘
```

## Related pages

- [Neon CLI command: snapshots](./apis-sdks-cli-snapshots.md)
- [Neon CLI command: diff](./apis-sdks-cli-diff.md)
- [Neon CLI command: projects](./apis-sdks-cli-projects.md)
- [Neon CLI command: branches](./apis-sdks-cli-branches.md)
- [Neon CLI command: roles](./apis-sdks-cli-roles.md)
- [Neon CLI command: operations](./apis-sdks-cli-operations.md)

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