DROP_GROUP(7pg16)

💅 DROP GROUP 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the DROP GROUP page from the PostgreSQL 16.15 Documentation — yes that's the manual name, we're folding it in right here at the top so you're oriented, you're welcome 🫶. This is DROP GROUP(7) and she's short, she's sweet, and she's honestly a little iconic for how little she has to say.

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✨ NAME ✨

DROP_GROUP — remove a database role 🎀

like, literally just yeet a role out of existence. that's the whole job.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

okay so the way that this reads — you got your DROP GROUP, you got an optional IF EXISTS (the "don't yell at me if it's not there" button, lowkey a lifesaver 😭), and then name [, ...] which means one name, or a bunch separated by commas, fr fr. multiple at once, she's efficient 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🍓: DROP GROUP is now an alias for DROP ROLE.

that's it. that's the description. she's not doing her own thing anymore, she's just DROP ROLE wearing a different little outfit ✨. so if you're looking for the real, full, main-character explanation of what happens when you drop a role, you gotta go read that page (see SEE ALSO below, i gotchu 👑).

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🌈 COMPATIBILITY 🌈

ngl, there is no DROP GROUP statement in the SQL standard. like at all. zero. the standard said "not me knowing her" 💀 so this is a PostgreSQL thing, not a universal thing. keep that in mind if you're porting stuff around, iykyk.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• DROP ROLE (DROP_ROLE(7)) — the actual real one, the source material, the blueprint, go read it bestie 🔥

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💜 friendly reminder that DROP GROUP being an alias for DROP ROLE means the semantics are DROP ROLE's semantics — so please read DROP_ROLE(7) before you go dropping anything, okay? dropping things is permanent energy and we respect that 🙈

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mwah 💖 that's the whole page! brought to you by PostgreSQL 16.15, dated 2026, and this little rewrite is signed off with a slay, stay schemin', and always read your SEE ALSOs 🌟💅🦋