DROP OWNED(7)            PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation           DROP OWNED(7)

NAME
       DROP_OWNED - remove database objects owned by a database role

SYNOPSIS
       DROP OWNED BY { name | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
       DROP OWNED drops all the objects within the current database that are
       owned by one of the specified roles. Any privileges granted to the
       given roles on objects in the current database or on shared objects
       (databases, tablespaces, configuration parameters) will also be
       revoked.

PARAMETERS
       name
           The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose
           privileges will be revoked.

       CASCADE
           Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects, and
           in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
           Section 5.14).

       RESTRICT
           Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database
           objects depend on one of the affected objects. This is the default.

NOTES
       DROP OWNED is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more
       roles. Because DROP OWNED only affects the objects in the current
       database, it is usually necessary to execute this command in each
       database that contains objects owned by a role that is to be removed.

       Using the CASCADE option might make the command recurse to objects
       owned by other users.

       The REASSIGN OWNED command is an alternative that reassigns the
       ownership of all the database objects owned by one or more roles.
       However, REASSIGN OWNED does not deal with privileges for other
       objects.

       Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed.

       See Section 22.4 for more discussion.

COMPATIBILITY
       The DROP OWNED command is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       REASSIGN OWNED (REASSIGN_OWNED(7)), DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7))

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