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title: "DROP RULE"
id: sql-droprule
pg_version: "20devel"
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# DROP RULE — remove a rewrite rule

## Synopsis

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

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## Description

`DROP RULE` drops a rewrite rule. 

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## Parameters

**`IF EXISTS`**

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

 The name of the rule to drop. **`table_name`**

 The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table or view that the rule applies to. **`CASCADE`**

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

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## Examples

To drop the rewrite rule `newrule`: 
DROP RULE newrule ON mytable;


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## Compatibility

`DROP RULE` is a PostgreSQL language extension, as is the entire query rewrite system. 

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## See Also

[CREATE RULE](sql-createrule.md), [ALTER RULE](sql-alterrule.md)