NAME

       DROP_STATISTICS - remove extended statistics

SYNOPSIS

       DROP STATISTICS [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION

       DROP STATISTICS removes statistics object(s) from the database. Only the statistics object's owner, the
       schema owner, or a superuser can drop a statistics object.

PARAMETERS

       IF EXISTS
           Do not throw an error if the statistics object does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

       name
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the statistics object to drop.

       CASCADE
       RESTRICT
           These key words do not have any effect, since there are no dependencies on statistics.

EXAMPLES

       To destroy two statistics objects in different schemas, without failing if they don't exist:

           DROP STATISTICS IF EXISTS
               accounting.users_uid_creation,
               public.grants_user_role;

COMPATIBILITY

       There is no DROP STATISTICS command in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO

       ALTER STATISTICS (ALTER_STATISTICS(7)), CREATE STATISTICS (CREATE_STATISTICS(7))

PostgreSQL 17.5                                       2025                                    DROP STATISTICS(7)