# DEALLOCATE PREPARE
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Removes the prepared statement with the specified name from the prepared statements in the current workgroup.

## Synopsis
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```
DEALLOCATE PREPARE statement_name
```

## Examples
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The following example removes the `my_select1` prepared statement from the current workgroup.

```
DEALLOCATE PREPARE my_select1
```

## Additional resources
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[Use prepared statements](querying-with-prepared-statements-querying.md)

[PREPARE](sql-prepare.md)