#### 13.7.2.3 DROP RESOURCE GROUP Statement

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```
DROP RESOURCE GROUP group_name [FORCE]
```

[`DROP RESOURCE GROUP`](drop-resource-group.html) is used for resource group management (see [Section 5.1.16, “Resource Groups”](resource-groups.html)). This statement drops a resource group. It requires the [`RESOURCE_GROUP_ADMIN`](privileges-provided.html#priv_resource-group-admin) privilege.

*`group_name`* identifies which resource group to drop. If the group does not exist, an error occurs.

 The `FORCE` modifier determines statement behavior if the resource group has any threads assigned to it:

* If `FORCE` is not given and any threads are assigned to the group, an error occurs.

* If `FORCE` is given, existing threads in the group are moved to their respective default group (system threads to `SYS_default`, user threads to `USR_default`).

 Examples:

* Drop a group, failing if the group contains any threads:

  ```
  DROP RESOURCE GROUP rg1;
  ```

* Drop a group and move existing threads to the default groups:

  ```
  DROP RESOURCE GROUP rg2 FORCE;
  ```

 Resource group management is local to the server on which it occurs. [`DROP RESOURCE GROUP`](drop-resource-group.html) statements are not written to the binary log and are not replicated.

