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<refentry id="sql-dropextension">
 <indexterm zone="sql-dropextension">
  <primary>DROP EXTENSION</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>DROP EXTENSION</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DROP EXTENSION</refname>
  <refpurpose>remove an extension</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP EXTENSION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP EXTENSION</command> removes extensions from the database.
   Dropping an extension causes its member objects, and other explicitly
   dependent routines (see <xref linkend="sql-alterroutine"/>,
   the depends on extension action), to be dropped as well.
  </para>

  <para>
   You must own the extension to use <command>DROP EXTENSION</command>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Do not throw an error if the extension does not exist. A notice is issued
      in this case.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of an installed extension.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Automatically drop objects that depend on the extension,
      and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
      (see <xref linkend="ddl-depend"/>).
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      This option prevents the specified extensions from being dropped if
      other objects, besides these extensions, their members, and their
      explicitly dependent routines, depend on them. This is the default.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Examples</title>

  <para>
   To remove the extension <literal>hstore</literal> from the current
   database:
<programlisting>
DROP EXTENSION hstore;
</programlisting>
   This command will fail if any of <literal>hstore</literal>'s objects
   are in use in the database, for example if any tables have columns
   of the <type>hstore</type> type.  Add the <literal>CASCADE</literal> option to
   forcibly remove those dependent objects as well.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP EXTENSION</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
   extension.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-createextension"/></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-alterextension"/></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
