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## DROP EVENT TRIGGER

DROP EVENT TRIGGER — remove an event trigger

## Synopsis

DROP EVENT TRIGGER \[ IF EXISTS \] _`name`_ \[ CASCADE | RESTRICT \]

## Description

`DROP EVENT TRIGGER` removes an existing event trigger. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event trigger.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

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

_`name`_

The name of the event trigger to remove.

`CASCADE`

Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see [Section 5.15](ddl-depend.html "5.15. Dependency Tracking")).

`RESTRICT`

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

## Examples

Destroy the trigger `snitch`:

DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;

## Compatibility

There is no `DROP EVENT TRIGGER` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

[CREATE EVENT TRIGGER](sql-createeventtrigger.html "CREATE EVENT TRIGGER"), [ALTER EVENT TRIGGER](sql-altereventtrigger.html "ALTER EVENT TRIGGER")

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