DROP TABLESPACE
DROP TABLESPACE — remove a tablespace
Synopsis
DROP TABLESPACE [ IF EXISTS ] name
Description
DROP TABLESPACE
removes a tablespace from the system.
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 DROP
might fail due to temporary files residing in the tablespace.
Parameters
IF EXISTS
Do not throw an error if the tablespace does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
name
The name of a tablespace.
Notes
DROP TABLESPACE
cannot be executed inside a transaction block.
Examples
To remove tablespace mystuff
from the system:
DROP TABLESPACE mystuff;
Compatibility
DROP TABLESPACE
is a PostgreSQL extension.