DROP TYPE

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## DROP TYPE

DROP TYPE — remove a data type

## Synopsis

```
DROP TYPE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

```

## Description

`DROP TYPE` removes a user-defined data type. Only the owner of a type can remove it.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

 Do not throw an error if the type does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

*`name`*

 The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the data type to remove.

`CASCADE`

 Automatically drop objects that depend on the type (such as table columns, functions, and operators), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see [Section 5.14](ddl-depend.html)).

`RESTRICT`

 Refuse to drop the type if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## Examples

 To remove the data type `box`:

```
DROP TYPE box;

```

## Compatibility

 This command is similar to the corresponding command in the SQL standard, apart from the `IF EXISTS` option, which is a PostgreSQL extension. But note that much of the `CREATE TYPE` command and the data type extension mechanisms in PostgreSQL differ from the SQL standard.

## See Also

[ALTER TYPE](sql-altertype.html), [CREATE TYPE](sql-createtype.html)

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