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The DROP ROLE statement removes one or more SQL roles.
Considerations
- The
adminrole cannot be dropped, androotmust always be a member ofadmin. - A role cannot be dropped if it has privileges. Use
REVOKEto remove privileges.
Required privileges
Roles can only be dropped by super users, i.e., members of the admin role.
Synopsis
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
name |
The name of the role to remove. To remove multiple roles, use a comma-separate list of roles. You can use SHOW ROLES to find the names of roles. |
Example
In this example, first check a role's privileges. Then, revoke the role's privileges and remove the role.
> SHOW GRANTS ON documents FOR dev_ops;
+------------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+
| Database | Schema | Table | User | Privileges |
+------------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+
| jsonb_test | public | documents | dev_ops | INSERT |
+------------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+
> REVOKE INSERT ON documents FROM dev_ops;
Note:
All of a role's privileges must be revoked before the role can be dropped.> DROP ROLE dev_ops;
DROP ROLE 1
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