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title: "DROP VIEW"
id: sql-dropview
pg_version: "20devel"
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# DROP VIEW — remove a view

## Synopsis

```
DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
```

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## Description

`DROP VIEW` drops an existing view. To execute this command you must be the owner of the view. 

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## Parameters

**`IF EXISTS`**

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

 The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove. **`CASCADE`**

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

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## Examples

This command will remove the view called `kinds`: 
DROP VIEW kinds;


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## Compatibility

This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the `IF EXISTS` option, which is a PostgreSQL extension. 

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## See Also

[ALTER VIEW](sql-alterview.md), [CREATE VIEW](sql-createview.md)