Materialize/doc/user/content/sql/drop-user.md

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DROP USER removes a role from Materialize.

Syntax

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Field	Use
IF EXISTS	Do not return an error if the specified role does not exist.
_rolename	The role you want to drop. For available roles, see mz_roles.

Details

DROP USER is an alias for DROP ROLE.

Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

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Related pages

• ALTER ROLE
• CREATE ROLE
• DROP ROLE
• GRANT ROLE
• REVOKE ROLE
• GRANT PRIVILEGE
• REVOKE PRIVILEGE