How to drop a Spark Delta table and associated files using Spark SQL and cmd

#Step 1
#Find and replace schemaName
#Find and replace tableName

#Step 2 
#Find the table 
#Via Databricks run the Spark SQL query below
#default is schema, change as needed
DESC FORMATTED schemaName.tableName;

#Step 3
#From the table returned scroll down to "location" and copy the field value
#Find and replace locationFieldValue

#Step 5
#Via Databricks using Spark SQL drop the table
DROP TABLE tableName

#Step 6
#Find and replace locationFieldValue
#By the means you use to interact with Databricks File System (dbfs), e.g. cmd python virtual environment
#Run command below
dbfs rm -r "locationFieldValue"

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