DROP_LANGUAGE(7pg18)

💅 DROP_LANGUAGE — bestie, let's delete a whole procedural language

okay so this is the page for DROP LANGUAGE in PostgreSQL 18.6 docs, and no cap it's lowkey iconic. Here's the tea on yeeting a procedural language out of existence. 🗑️✨

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✨ NAME ✨

DROP_LANGUAGE — remove a procedural language 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

DROP [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So DROP LANGUAGE removes the definition of a procedural language that was previously registered. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 💫

But listen — permission check first, bestie: you must be a superuser or the owner of the language to use DROP LANGUAGE. No sneaking in. 🚪💀

Note 📌 — As of PostgreSQL 9.1, most procedural languages have been made into "extensions", and should therefore be removed with DROP EXTENSION, not DROP LANGUAGE. So like… double-check before you swing. 😭

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🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

• IF EXISTS — do not throw an error if the language doesn't exist. A notice is issued in this case. So it's giving "no drama, just a lil heads up." 🙈
• name — the name of an existing procedural language. Like, the actual name, bestie. 👑
• CASCADE — automatically drop objects that depend on the language (such as functions in the language), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.15). This is the chain-reaction, domino-effect, full-send option. 🔥
• RESTRICT — refuse to drop the language if any objects depend on it. This is the default. She's cautious, she's responsible, she's the main character of safety. 🧚

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⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

This command removes the procedural language plsample:

DROP LANGUAGE plsample;

And that's it. Slay. 💅

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💜 COMPATIBILITY 💜

There is no DROP LANGUAGE statement in the SQL standard. We're off-book on this one, iykyk. 📖❌

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ALTER LANGUAGE (ALTER_LANGUAGE(7))
• CREATE LANGUAGE (CREATE_LANGUAGE(7))

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That's the whole page, bestie! This was PostgreSQL 18.6, dated 2026, and it's the DROP LANGUAGE(7) page. Go forth and drop responsibly. 🫶✨💖