DROP ROLE - Amazon Redshift
Required privilegesSyntaxParametersExamples
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DROP ROLE

Removes a role from a database. Only the role owner who either created the role, a user with the WITH ADMIN option, or a superuser can drop a role.

You can't drop a role that is granted to a user or another role that is dependent on this role.

Required privileges

Following are the required privileges for DROP ROLE:

  • Superuser

  • Role owner who is either the user that created the role or a user that has been granted the role with the WITH ADMIN OPTION privilege.

Syntax

DROP ROLE role_name [ FORCE | RESTRICT ]

Parameters

role_name

The name of the role.

[ FORCE | RESTRICT ]

The default setting is RESTRICT. Amazon Redshift throws an error when you try to drop a role that has inherited another role. Use FORCE to remove all role assignments, if any exists.

Examples

The following example drops the role sample_role.

DROP ROLE sample_role FORCE;

The following example attempts to drop the role sample_role1 that has been granted to a user with the default RESTRICT option.

CREATE ROLE sample_role1;
GRANT ROLE sample_role1 TO user1;
DROP ROLE sample_role1;
ERROR:  cannot drop this role since it has been granted on a user

To successfully drop the sample_role1 that has been granted to a user, use the FORCE option.

DROP ROLE sample_role1 FORCE;

The following example attempts to drop the role sample_role2 that has another role dependent on it with the default RESTRICT option.

CREATE ROLE sample_role1;
CREATE ROLE sample_role2;
GRANT ROLE sample_role1 TO sample_role2;
DROP ROLE sample_role2;
ERROR:  cannot drop this role since it depends on another role

To successfully drop the sample_role2 that has another role dependent on it, use the FORCE option.

DROP ROLE sample_role2 FORCE;