---
title: "DROP POLICY"
id: sql-droppolicy
pg_version: "20devel"
---

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# DROP POLICY — remove a row-level security policy from a table

## Synopsis

```
DROP POLICY [ IF EXISTS ] name ON table_name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
```

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## 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 security 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. 

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## 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`**

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## Examples

To drop the policy called `p1` on the table named `my_table`: 
DROP POLICY p1 ON my_table;


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## Compatibility

`DROP POLICY` is a PostgreSQL extension. 

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## See Also

[CREATE POLICY](sql-createpolicy.md), [ALTER POLICY](sql-alterpolicy.md)