https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-external-tables/m-p/68989#M33778 <P>This change won't be registered as metadata thus the table will still appear on unity catalog, but you'll get an error when trying to access it, as the table metadata will point to deleted files.&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1t7bu9h1 paragraph">&nbsp;</P> Tue, 14 May 2024 11:57:12 GMT mhiltner 2024-05-14T11:57:12Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-external-tables/m-p/68976#M33776 <P>what if I delete the external tables files manually on storage account for external table without dropping the table itself?</P> Tue, 14 May 2024 10:11:47 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-external-tables/m-p/68976#M33776 nileshtiwaari 2024-05-14T10:11:47Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-external-tables/m-p/68989#M33778 <P>This change won't be registered as metadata thus the table will still appear on unity catalog, but you'll get an error when trying to access it, as the table metadata will point to deleted files.&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1t7bu9h1 paragraph">&nbsp;</P> Tue, 14 May 2024 11:57:12 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-external-tables/m-p/68989#M33778 mhiltner 2024-05-14T11:57:12Z