DROP_GROUP(7pg14)

💅 DROP_GROUP 💅

okay so real talk, this little page lives in the PostgreSQL 14.24 Documentation and it's honestly so short it's giving "one-line text from your bestie at 2am" energy 🫶 but it's important, so let's go.

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✨ NAME ✨

DROP_GROUP — remove a database role 🎀

like, yeet a role out of existence. that's the whole vibe check.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

DROP GROUP [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...]

ok so you got the optional IF EXISTS (which is your "please don't scream at me if it's not there" flag, bestie 🙈), and then one or more names, separated by commas, because you can absolutely drop a whole squad at once. periodt.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

DROP GROUP is now an alias for DROP ROLE.

that's it. that's the whole description. not me being dramatic over here 😭 but fr fr, this is the historical name — it's literally just DROP ROLE wearing a different outfit now. same icon, different era 💅 so if you're reading this thinking "wait, isn't this just DROP ROLE?" — yes queen, you clocked it 👑

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🌈 COMPATIBILITY 🌈

there is no DROP GROUP statement in the SQL standard.

ngl, the SQL standard simply did not include this one. so don't go expecting it to be portable — it's a PostgreSQL thing, iykyk 🤷‍♀️

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7)) — the main character this page keeps pointing at 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie. short, sweet, and absolutely ate 💖

lowkey a reminder: this thing is an alias now, so the real lore lives in DROP_ROLE(7) — go read that one for the actual details, fr fr 🧚

mwah 💋 stay hydrated and may your roles always drop cleanly

PostgreSQL 14.24 · 2026 · DROP GROUP(7) — signed off with love by your favorite Unix gremlin 🎀✨