# man > DROP_TYPE(7)

DROP [TYPE(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TYPE/7/markdown)                       PostgreSQL 14.23 Documentation                       DROP [TYPE(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TYPE/7/markdown)



## NAME
       DROP_TYPE - remove a data type

## SYNOPSIS
       DROP TYPE [ IF EXISTS ] _name_ [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## DESCRIPTION
       **DROP** **TYPE** removes a user-defined data type. Only the owner of a type can remove it.

## PARAMETERS
       IF EXISTS
           Do not throw an error if the type does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

       _name_
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the data type to remove.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the type (such as table columns, functions, and
           operators), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the type if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## EXAMPLES
       To remove the data type box:

           DROP TYPE box;

## COMPATIBILITY
       This command is similar to the corresponding command in the SQL standard, apart from the IF
       EXISTS option, which is a PostgreSQL extension. But note that much of the **CREATE** **TYPE** command
       and the data type extension mechanisms in PostgreSQL differ from the SQL standard.

## SEE ALSO
       ALTER TYPE (**ALTER**___**[TYPE**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TYPE/7/markdown)), CREATE TYPE (**CREATE**___**[TYPE**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TYPE/7/markdown))



PostgreSQL 14.23                                2026                                    DROP [TYPE(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TYPE/7/markdown)