## DROP ACCESS METHOD

DROP ACCESS METHOD — remove an access method

## Synopsis

    DROP ACCESS METHOD [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## Description

`DROP ACCESS METHOD` removes an existing access method. Only superusers can drop access methods.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

  Do not throw an error if the access method does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

`name`

  The name of an existing access method.

`CASCADE`

  Automatically drop objects that depend on the access method (such as operator classes, operator families, and indexes), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14).

`RESTRICT`

  Refuse to drop the access method if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## Examples

Drop the access method `heptree`:

    DROP ACCESS METHOD heptree;

## Compatibility

`DROP ACCESS METHOD` is a PostgreSQL extension.

## See Also

CREATE ACCESS METHOD