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title: DROP CONVERSION
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Removes a CONVERSION.

## <a id="topic1__section2"></a>Synopsis

``` pre
DROP CONVERSION [IF EXISTS] <name> [CASCADE | RESTRICT]
```

## <a id="topic1__section3"></a>Description

`DROP CONVERSION` removes a previously defined conversion. To be able to drop a conversion, you must own the conversion.

## <a id="topic1__section4"></a>Parameters

<dt>IF EXISTS  </dt>
<dd>Do not throw an error if the conversion does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.</dd>

<dt>\<name\>   </dt>
<dd>The name of the conversion.  The conversion name may be schema-qualified.</dd>

<dt>CASCADE</dt>
<dt>RESTRICT</dt>
<dd>These keywords have no effect since there are no dependencies on conversions.</dd>

## <a id="topic1__section5"></a>Examples

Drop the conversion named `myname`:

``` pre
DROP CONVERSION myname;
```

## <a id="topic1__section6"></a>Compatibility

There is no `DROP CONVERSION` statement in the SQL standard.

## <a id="topic1__section7"></a>See Also

[CREATE CONVERSION](CREATE-CONVERSION.html), [ALTER CONVERSION](ALTER-CONVERSION.html)