DROP_OPERATOR(7pg15)

💅 DROP_OPERATOR 💅

okay so bestie, this page is DROP_OPERATOR from the PostgreSQL 15 docs — it's the one that yeets an operator out of your database. let me break it down 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

DROP_OPERATOR — remove an operator 🗑️

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

DROP OPERATOR [ IF EXISTS ] name ( { left_type | NONE } , right_type ) [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

like, look at her. she's got options. optional options. iconic 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So DROP_OPERATOR drops an existing operator from the database system. that's the whole vibe — operator in, operator gone, no cap ✨

⚠️ real talk though: to run this command you must be the owner of the operator. not your friend, not your coworker — you. the owner. periodt 👑

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🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

• IF EXISTS — do not throw an error if the operator does not exist. instead a notice is issued in this case. so like, it's the "no worries if not!!" flag 🙈 lowkey the politest option here.
• name — the name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator. yes bestie, you can schema-qualify her. she's flexible like that 💜
• left_type — the data type of the operator's left operand. and if there's no left operand? write NONE. literally just NONE. she's giving "alone and thriving" energy 🧚
• right_type — the data type of the operator's right operand. 🍓
• CASCADE — automatically drop objects that depend on the operator (such as views using it), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.14). 💀 this one goes deep — it's the "and everyone she brought to the party" option. dramatic but effective. handle with care.
• RESTRICT — refuse to drop the operator if any objects depend on it. this is the default. 🛑 the main character of caution. if something's still attached, nothing happens. respectful!

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Remove the power operator a^b for type integer:

DROP OPERATOR ^ (integer, integer);

Remove the bitwise-complement prefix operator ~b for type bit:

DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit);

Remove multiple operators in one command — yes, she multitasks 💅✨:

DROP OPERATOR ~ (none, bit), ^ (integer, integer);

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🌈 COMPATIBILITY 🌈

There is no DROP OPERATOR statement in the SQL standard. so like... this is a PostgreSQL original, iykyk 🎀 no one else is doing it like her.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• CREATE OPERATOR (CREATE_OPERATOR(7))
• ALTER OPERATOR (ALTER_OPERATOR(7))

the full trilogy — make her, change her, drop her. character arc complete 😭👑

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that's the whole page bestie, go forth and drop responsibly 💖

— written against PostgreSQL 15.19, dated 2026, and delivered straight from the DROP OPERATOR(7) corner of the manual 🫶