DROP POLICY(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation DROP POLICY(7) NAME 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 secu- rity 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. SEE ALSO CREATE POLICY (CREATE_POLICY(7)), ALTER POLICY (ALTER_POLICY(7)) PostgreSQL 18.6 2026 DROP POLICY(7)
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