---
title: "ALTER EVENT TRIGGER"
id: sql-altereventtrigger
pg_version: "20devel"
---

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# ALTER EVENT TRIGGER — change the definition of an event trigger

## Synopsis

```
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name DISABLE
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name RENAME TO new_name
```

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## Description

`ALTER EVENT TRIGGER` changes properties of an existing event trigger. 

You must be superuser to alter an event trigger. 

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## Parameters

**`name`**

 The name of an existing trigger to alter. **`new_owner`**

 The user name of the new owner of the event trigger. **`new_name`**

 The new name of the event trigger. **`DISABLE`/`ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]`**

 These forms configure the firing of event triggers. A disabled trigger is still known to the system, but is not executed when its triggering event occurs. See also [`session_replication_role` (`enum`)](runtime-config-client.md#guc-session-replication-role). <a id="sql-alterventtrigger-compatibility"></a>

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER EVENT TRIGGER` statement in the SQL standard. 

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## See Also

[CREATE EVENT TRIGGER](sql-createeventtrigger.md), [DROP EVENT TRIGGER](sql-dropeventtrigger.md)