REVOKE privilege#
Synopsis#
REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
( privilege [, ...] | ALL PRIVILEGES )
ON ( table_name | TABLE table_name | SCHEMA schema_name )
FROM ( user | USER user | ROLE role )
Description#
Revokes the specified privileges from the specified grantee.
Specifying ALL PRIVILEGES revokes DELETE, INSERT and SELECT privileges.
Specifying ROLE PUBLIC revokes privileges from the PUBLIC role. Users will retain privileges assigned to them directly or via other roles.
If the optional GRANT OPTION FOR clause is specified, only the GRANT OPTION
is removed. Otherwise, both the GRANT and GRANT OPTION are revoked.
For REVOKE statement to succeed, the user executing it should possess the specified privileges as well as the GRANT OPTION for those privileges.
Revoke on a table revokes the specified privilege on all columns of the table.
Revoke on a schema revokes the specified privilege on all columns of all tables of the schema.
Examples#
Revoke INSERT and SELECT privileges on the table orders from user alice:
REVOKE INSERT, SELECT ON orders FROM alice;
Revoke DELETE privilege on the schema finance from user bob:
REVOKE DELETE ON SCHEMA finance FROM bob;
Revoke SELECT privilege on the table nation from everyone, additionally revoking the privilege to grant SELECT privilege:
REVOKE GRANT OPTION FOR SELECT ON nation FROM ROLE PUBLIC;
Revoke all privileges on the table test from user alice:
REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON test FROM alice;
Limitations#
Some connectors have no support for REVOKE.
See connector documentation for more details.