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DROP OWNED(7)                      PostgreSQL 14.23 Documentation                      DROP OWNED(7)



NAME
       DROP_OWNED - remove database objects owned by a database role

SYNOPSIS
       DROP OWNED BY { name | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
       DROP OWNED drops all the objects within the current database that are owned by one of the
       specified roles. Any privileges granted to the given roles on objects in the current database
       or on shared objects (databases, tablespaces) will also be revoked.

PARAMETERS
       name
           The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose privileges will be revoked.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects, and in turn all objects
           that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database objects depend on one of
           the affected objects. This is the default.

NOTES
       DROP OWNED is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more roles. Because DROP OWNED
       only affects the objects in the current database, it is usually necessary to execute this
       command in each database that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.

       Using the CASCADE option might make the command recurse to objects owned by other users.

       The REASSIGN OWNED command is an alternative that reassigns the ownership of all the database
       objects owned by one or more roles. However, REASSIGN OWNED does not deal with privileges for
       other objects.

       Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed.

       See Section 22.4 for more discussion.

COMPATIBILITY
       The DROP OWNED command is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       REASSIGN OWNED (REASSIGN_OWNED(7)), DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7))



PostgreSQL 14.23                                2026                                   DROP OWNED(7)