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:DROP CAST

Last Updated:Nov 20, 2025

Deletes a defined type cast.

Prerequisites

You have access to source or target data types.

Syntax

DROP CAST [ IF EXISTS ] (source_type AS target_type) 

The table below describes the parameters:

Parameter

Description

IF EXISTS

Returns a notice rather than an error if the cast does not exist.

source_type

The source data type.

target_type

The target data type.

Syntax

DROP CAST [ IF EXISTS ] (source_type AS target_type) 

Examples

DROP CAST IF EXISTS (text AS timestamptz);
DROP CAST IF EXISTS (text AS integer);

For more information, see DROP CAST of PostgreSQL.