Database mirroring must be removed before you drop SQL Server database

Error Message

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Drop failed for Database ‘Test_SQLServer_Mirroring’.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=10.50.1600.1+((KJ_RTM).100402-1540+)&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Drop+Database&LinkId=20476
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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The database ‘Test_SQLServer_Mirroring’ is enabled for database mirroring. Database mirroring must be removed before you drop the database. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3743)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=10.50.1600&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=3743&LinkId=20476

During the testing with mirroring, By mistake,

1. I dropped End Points both at Principle and Mirror
2. Disable mirroring on Principle
3. Dropped the database on Principle
4. and When I tried to drop the database in Mirrored Server, I received the following error message.

"The database ‘Test_SQLServer_Mirroring’ is enabled for database mirroring. Database mirroring must be removed before you drop the database. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3743)"

Error , is simple, as this was blunder, which we did, Ideally, we should

1. First disable mirroring
2. Drop End Point
3. and then drop databases

Anyways, to correct this issue, We need to break the mirroring manually using TSQL Statements. Following Code, can help you to disable the mirroring.

-- Disable Mirroring for Sample Database named [Test_SQLServer_Mirroring]
ALTER DATABASE Test_SQLServer_Mirroring SET PARTNER OFF

Once this statement was executed successfully, I was able to drop the database on mirroring.

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