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title: "DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION"
id: sql-droptsconfig
pg_version: "20devel"
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# DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION — remove a text search configuration

## Synopsis

```
DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
```

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## Description

`DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION` drops an existing text search configuration. To execute this command you must be the owner of the configuration. 

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## Parameters

**`IF EXISTS`**

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

 The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing text search configuration. **`CASCADE`**

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

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## Examples

Remove the text search configuration `my_english`: 
DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION my_english;
 This command will not succeed if there are any existing indexes that reference the configuration in `to_tsvector` calls. Add `CASCADE` to drop such indexes along with the text search configuration. 

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## Compatibility

There is no `DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION` statement in the SQL standard. 

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## See Also

[ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION](sql-altertsconfig.md), [CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION](sql-createtsconfig.md)