ORA-65179 PDB in Oracle 12c

While dropping the PDB, we receive the error like cannot keep datafiles for a pluggable database that is not unplugged.

SQL> show pdbs

CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB18C2 READ WRITE NO

SQL> alter pluggable database PDB18C2 close;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> drop pluggable database PDB18C2;
drop pluggable database PDB18C2
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65179: cannot keep datafiles for a pluggable database that is not unplugged

Solution:

SQL> drop pluggable database PDB18C2 including datafiles;

Pluggable database dropped.

SQL>

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