DROP EXTENSION

Synopsis

Use the DROP EXTENSION statement to remove an extension from the database.

Syntax

• Grammar
• Diagram

drop_extension ::= DROP EXTENSION [ IF EXISTS ] extension_name 
                   [ , ... ] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Semantics

• An error is thrown if the extension does not exist unless IF EXISTS is used. Then, a notice is issued instead.
• RESTRICT is the default, and it will not drop the extension if any objects depend on it.
• CASCADE drops any objects that transitively depend on the extension.

Examples

DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS cube;

NOTICE:  extension "cube" does not exist, skipping

CREATE EXTENSION cube;
CREATE EXTENSION earthdistance;
DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS cube RESTRICT;

ERROR:  cannot drop extension cube because other objects depend on it
DETAIL:  extension earthdistance depends on function cube_out(cube)
HINT:  Use DROP ... CASCADE to drop the dependent objects too.

DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS cube CASCADE;

NOTICE:  drop cascades to extension earthdistance
DROP EXTENSION

See also

• PostgreSQL Extensions
• CREATE EXTENSION