## DROP PUBLICATION

DROP PUBLICATION — remove a publication

## Synopsis

    DROP PUBLICATION [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## Description

`DROP PUBLICATION` removes an existing publication from the database.

A publication can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

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

`name`

  The name of an existing publication.

`CASCADE`
`RESTRICT`

  These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies on publications.

## Examples

Drop a publication:

    DROP PUBLICATION mypublication;

## Compatibility

`DROP PUBLICATION` is a PostgreSQL extension.

## See Also

CREATE PUBLICATION, ALTER PUBLICATION