To drop a view in SQL, you can use the DROP VIEW statement. The syntax for the statement is as follows:

DROP VIEW view_name;

Here, view_name is the name of the view you want to drop.

For example, suppose you have created a view named sales_by_category and you want to drop it. You can use the following SQL statement:

DROP VIEW sales_by_category;

This will drop the sales_by_category view from the database.

It is important to note that dropping a view does not delete the underlying table or data. It only removes the view definition from the database. If you want to delete the underlying table or data, you need to use the appropriate SQL statements for that.

It is also important to be careful when dropping views, as doing so can have unintended consequences if other objects or queries depend on the view. It is a good practice to first check for any dependencies before dropping a view.