1<!-- 2doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml 3PostgreSQL documentation 4--> 5 6<refentry id="SQL-DROPUSER"> 7 <indexterm zone="sql-dropuser"> 8 <primary>DROP USER</primary> 9 </indexterm> 10 11 <refmeta> 12 <refentrytitle>DROP USER</refentrytitle> 13 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum> 14 <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo> 15 </refmeta> 16 17 <refnamediv> 18 <refname>DROP USER</refname> 19 <refpurpose>remove a database role</refpurpose> 20 </refnamediv> 21 22 <refsynopsisdiv> 23<synopsis> 24DROP USER [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...] 25</synopsis> 26 </refsynopsisdiv> 27 28 <refsect1> 29 <title>Description</title> 30 31 <para> 32 <command>DROP USER</command> is simply an alternate spelling of 33 <xref linkend="sql-droprole">. 34 </para> 35 </refsect1> 36 37 <refsect1> 38 <title>Compatibility</title> 39 40 <para> 41 The <command>DROP USER</command> statement is a 42 <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. The SQL standard 43 leaves the definition of users to the implementation. 44 </para> 45 </refsect1> 46 47 <refsect1> 48 <title>See Also</title> 49 50 <simplelist type="inline"> 51 <member><xref linkend="sql-droprole"></member> 52 </simplelist> 53 </refsect1> 54 55</refentry> 56