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<refentry id="SQL-DROPUSER">
 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPUSER-TITLE">DROP USER</refentrytitle>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DROP USER</refname>
  <refpurpose>remove a database role</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <indexterm zone="sql-dropuser">
  <primary>DROP USER</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP USER [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ...]
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP USER</command> is now an alias for
   <xref linkend="sql-droprole" endterm="sql-droprole-title">.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   The <command>DROP USER</command> statement is a
   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.  The SQL standard
   leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-droprole" endterm="sql-droprole-title"></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
