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<refentry id="sql-droppolicy">
<indexterm zone="sql-droppolicy">
<primary>DROP POLICY</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>DROP POLICY</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP POLICY</refname>
<refpurpose>remove a row-level security policy from a table</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP POLICY [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP POLICY</command> removes the specified policy from the table.
Note that if the last policy is removed for a table and the table still has
row-level security enabled via <command>ALTER TABLE</command>, then the
default-deny policy will be used. <literal>ALTER TABLE ... DISABLE ROW
LEVEL SECURITY</literal> can be used to disable row-level security for a
table, whether policies for the table exist or not.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not throw an error if the policy does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the policy to drop.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that
the policy is on.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
These key words do not have any effect, since there are no
dependencies on policies.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To drop the policy called <literal>p1</literal> on the table named
<literal>my_table</literal>:
<programlisting>
DROP POLICY p1 ON my_table;
</programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
<command>DROP POLICY</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createpolicy"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-alterpolicy"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>