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# DROP EVENT TRIGGER

## Name

DROP EVENT TRIGGER -- remove an event trigger

## Synopsis

    DROP EVENT TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

## Description

`DROP EVENT TRIGGER` removes an existing event trigger. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event trigger.

## Parameters

`IF EXISTS`

  Do not throw an error if the event trigger does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

`name`

  The name of the event trigger to remove.

`CASCADE`

  Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger.

`RESTRICT`

  Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

## Examples

Destroy the trigger `snitch`:

    DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;

## Compatibility

There is no `DROP EVENT TRIGGER` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

CREATE EVENT TRIGGER, ALTER EVENT TRIGGER

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