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.\" Title: DROP TABLESPACE
.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 2024
.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.7 Documentation
.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.7
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "DROP TABLESPACE" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 15.7" "PostgreSQL 15.7 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DROP_TABLESPACE \- remove a tablespace
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
DROP TABLESPACE [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBDROP TABLESPACE\fR
removes a tablespace from the system\&.
.PP
A tablespace can only be dropped by its owner or a superuser\&. The tablespace must be empty of all database objects before it can be dropped\&. It is possible that objects in other databases might still reside in the tablespace even if no objects in the current database are using the tablespace\&. Also, if the tablespace is listed in the
temp_tablespaces
setting of any active session, the
\fBDROP\fR
might fail due to temporary files residing in the tablespace\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
IF EXISTS
.RS 4
Do not throw an error if the tablespace does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of a tablespace\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
\fBDROP TABLESPACE\fR
cannot be executed inside a transaction block\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
To remove tablespace
mystuff
from the system:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
DROP TABLESPACE mystuff;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
\fBDROP TABLESPACE\fR
is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE TABLESPACE (\fBCREATE_TABLESPACE\fR(7)), ALTER TABLESPACE (\fBALTER_TABLESPACE\fR(7))
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