1REVOKE(7) PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation REVOKE(7)
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6 REVOKE - remove access privileges
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9 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
10 { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | DELETE | TRUNCATE | REFERENCES | TRIGGER }
11 [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
12 ON { [ TABLE ] table_name [, ...]
13 | ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA schema_name [, ...] }
14 FROM role_specification [, ...]
15 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
16 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
18 { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | REFERENCES } ( column_name [, ...] )
19 [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] ( column_name [, ...] ) }
20 ON [ TABLE ] table_name [, ...]
21 FROM role_specification [, ...]
22 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
23 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
25 { { USAGE | SELECT | UPDATE }
26 [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
27 ON { SEQUENCE sequence_name [, ...]
28 | ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA schema_name [, ...] }
29 FROM role_specification [, ...]
30 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
31 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
33 { { CREATE | CONNECT | TEMPORARY | TEMP } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
34 ON DATABASE database_name [, ...]
35 FROM role_specification [, ...]
36 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
37 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
39 { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
40 ON DOMAIN domain_name [, ...]
41 FROM role_specification [, ...]
42 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
43 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
45 { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
46 ON FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER fdw_name [, ...]
47 FROM role_specification [, ...]
48 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
49 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
51 { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
52 ON FOREIGN SERVER server_name [, ...]
53 FROM role_specification [, ...]
54 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
55 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
57 { EXECUTE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
58 ON { { FUNCTION | PROCEDURE | ROUTINE } function_name [ ( [ [ argmode ] [ arg_name ] arg_type [, ...] ] ) ] [, ...]
59 | ALL { FUNCTIONS | PROCEDURES | ROUTINES } IN SCHEMA schema_name [, ...] }
60 FROM role_specification [, ...]
61 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
62 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
64 { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
65 ON LANGUAGE lang_name [, ...]
66 FROM role_specification [, ...]
67 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
68 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
70 { { SELECT | UPDATE } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
71 ON LARGE OBJECT loid [, ...]
72 FROM role_specification [, ...]
73 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
74 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
76 { { CREATE | USAGE } [, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
77 ON SCHEMA schema_name [, ...]
78 FROM role_specification [, ...]
79 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
80 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
82 { CREATE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
83 ON TABLESPACE tablespace_name [, ...]
84 FROM role_specification [, ...]
85 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
86 REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
88 { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
89 ON TYPE type_name [, ...]
90 FROM role_specification [, ...]
91 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
92 REVOKE [ ADMIN OPTION FOR ]
94 role_name [, ...] FROM role_specification [, ...]
95 [ GRANTED BY role_specification ]
96 [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
97 where role_specification can be:
99 [ GROUP ] role_name
101 | PUBLIC
102 | CURRENT_USER
103 | SESSION_USER
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106 The REVOKE command revokes previously granted privileges from one or
107 more roles. The key word PUBLIC refers to the implicitly defined group
108 of all roles.
109 See the description of the GRANT(7) command for the meaning of the
111 privilege types.
112 Note that any particular role will have the sum of privileges granted
114 directly to it, privileges granted to any role it is presently a member
115 of, and privileges granted to PUBLIC. Thus, for example, revoking
116 SELECT privilege from PUBLIC does not necessarily mean that all roles
117 have lost SELECT privilege on the object: those who have it granted
118 directly or via another role will still have it. Similarly, revoking
119 SELECT from a user might not prevent that user from using SELECT if
120 PUBLIC or another membership role still has SELECT rights.
121 If GRANT OPTION FOR is specified, only the grant option for the
123 privilege is revoked, not the privilege itself. Otherwise, both the
124 privilege and the grant option are revoked.
125 If a user holds a privilege with grant option and has granted it to
127 other users then the privileges held by those other users are called
128 dependent privileges. If the privilege or the grant option held by the
129 first user is being revoked and dependent privileges exist, those
130 dependent privileges are also revoked if CASCADE is specified; if it is
131 not, the revoke action will fail. This recursive revocation only
132 affects privileges that were granted through a chain of users that is
133 traceable to the user that is the subject of this REVOKE command. Thus,
134 the affected users might effectively keep the privilege if it was also
135 granted through other users.
136 When revoking privileges on a table, the corresponding column
138 privileges (if any) are automatically revoked on each column of the
139 table, as well. On the other hand, if a role has been granted
140 privileges on a table, then revoking the same privileges from
141 individual columns will have no effect.
142 When revoking membership in a role, GRANT OPTION is instead called
144 ADMIN OPTION, but the behavior is similar. This form of the command
145 also allows a GRANTED BY option, but that option is currently ignored
146 (except for checking the existence of the named role). Note also that
147 this form of the command does not allow the noise word GROUP in
148 role_specification.
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151 A user can only revoke privileges that were granted directly by that
152 user. If, for example, user A has granted a privilege with grant option
153 to user B, and user B has in turn granted it to user C, then user A
154 cannot revoke the privilege directly from C. Instead, user A could
155 revoke the grant option from user B and use the CASCADE option so that
156 the privilege is in turn revoked from user C. For another example, if
157 both A and B have granted the same privilege to C, A can revoke their
158 own grant but not B's grant, so C will still effectively have the
159 privilege.
160 When a non-owner of an object attempts to REVOKE privileges on the
162 object, the command will fail outright if the user has no privileges
163 whatsoever on the object. As long as some privilege is available, the
164 command will proceed, but it will revoke only those privileges for
165 which the user has grant options. The REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES forms will
166 issue a warning message if no grant options are held, while the other
167 forms will issue a warning if grant options for any of the privileges
168 specifically named in the command are not held. (In principle these
169 statements apply to the object owner as well, but since the owner is
170 always treated as holding all grant options, the cases can never
171 occur.)
172 If a superuser chooses to issue a GRANT or REVOKE command, the command
174 is performed as though it were issued by the owner of the affected
175 object. Since all privileges ultimately come from the object owner
176 (possibly indirectly via chains of grant options), it is possible for a
177 superuser to revoke all privileges, but this might require use of
178 CASCADE as stated above.
179 REVOKE can also be done by a role that is not the owner of the affected
181 object, but is a member of the role that owns the object, or is a
182 member of a role that holds privileges WITH GRANT OPTION on the object.
183 In this case the command is performed as though it were issued by the
184 containing role that actually owns the object or holds the privileges
185 WITH GRANT OPTION. For example, if table t1 is owned by role g1, of
186 which role u1 is a member, then u1 can revoke privileges on t1 that are
187 recorded as being granted by g1. This would include grants made by u1
188 as well as by other members of role g1.
189 If the role executing REVOKE holds privileges indirectly via more than
191 one role membership path, it is unspecified which containing role will
192 be used to perform the command. In such cases it is best practice to
193 use SET ROLE to become the specific role you want to do the REVOKE as.
194 Failure to do so might lead to revoking privileges other than the ones
195 you intended, or not revoking anything at all.
196 See Section 5.7 for more information about specific privilege types, as
198 well as how to inspect objects' privileges.
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201 Revoke insert privilege for the public on table films:
202 REVOKE INSERT ON films FROM PUBLIC;
204 Revoke all privileges from user manuel on view kinds:
206 REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON kinds FROM manuel;
208 Note that this actually means “revoke all privileges that I granted”.
210 Revoke membership in role admins from user joe:
212 REVOKE admins FROM joe;
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216 The compatibility notes of the GRANT(7) command apply analogously to
217 REVOKE. The keyword RESTRICT or CASCADE is required according to the
218 standard, but PostgreSQL assumes RESTRICT by default.
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221 GRANT(7), ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES (ALTER_DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES(7))
222PostgreSQL 13.4 2021 REVOKE(7)