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title: "DROP EVENT TRIGGER"
id: sql-dropeventtrigger
pg_version: "20devel"
---

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# DROP EVENT TRIGGER — remove an event trigger

## Synopsis

```
DROP EVENT TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
```

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## Description

`DROP EVENT TRIGGER` removes an existing event trigger. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event trigger. 

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## Parameters

**`IF EXISTS`**

 Do not throw an error if the event trigger does not exist. A notice is issued in this case. **`name`**

 The name of the event trigger to remove. **`CASCADE`**

 Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see [Section 5.17](ddl-depend.md)). **`RESTRICT`**

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## Examples

Destroy the trigger `snitch`: 
DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;


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## Compatibility

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

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## See Also

[CREATE EVENT TRIGGER](sql-createeventtrigger.md), [ALTER EVENT TRIGGER](sql-altereventtrigger.md)