# DROP POLICY
DROP POLICY — remove a row-level security policy from a table
# Synopsis
DROP POLICY [ IF EXISTS ] name ON table_name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
# Description
DROP POLICY
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 ALTER TABLE
, then the default-deny policy will be used. ALTER TABLE ... DISABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY
can be used to disable row-level security for a table, whether policies for the table exist or not.
# Parameters
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the policy does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
The name of the policy to drop.
table_name
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table that the policy is on.
CASCADE
RESTRICT
These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies on policies.
# Examples
To drop the policy called p1
on the table named my_table
:
DROP POLICY p1 ON my_table;
# Compatibility
DROP POLICY
is a PostgreSQL extension.