How do I delete a table from the MySQL Workbench catalog?

This is how I discovered the difference between "delete" and "remove figure". The "delete" deletes tables from the whole project, the "remove figure" only from the diagram (the tables still stay in the catalog).

I am using "MySQL Workbench Community (GPL) for Mac OS X version 6.2.3 revision 12313 build 2282 (32 bit)" and the action "delete 'table'" in the context menu (right-click on the table) did not work for me.

Believe it or not I had to restart the whole application. After the restart the delete action worked as expected. (1 object(s) deleted) [nothing about the object is kept in the DB]

In case if the right-click and delete didn't work,

Simply drag and drop the table from the Catalog Tree to the Design area. Then you will see the table gets inserted there. From there, right-click on the table and select delete table. Then the table will get deleted from the whole project (assuming correspondent objects which are needed deleting as well).

Just had this problem before.

CMD + Backspace / delete on the keyboard will only delete the figure in the designer.

To completely delete the table and figure, instead try: Right-click > Delete 'table'.