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dropRowAccessPolicy

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Drops an existing row access policy from Snowflake. The policy must not be attached to any tables or views before it can be dropped.

Note: This change type does not support automatic rollback or database inspection features (snapshot, diff, diff-changelog, and generate-changelog commands).

Available attributes

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
`catalogName`	String	Name of the catalog (database) containing the policy	No
`schemaName`	String	Name of the schema containing the policy	No
`policyName`	String	Name of the row access policy to drop	Yes
`ifExists`	Boolean	Only drop if the policy exists using `IF EXISTS`	No

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:pro-snowflake="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake/liquibase-pro-snowflake-latest.xsd">

    <!-- Basic drop -->
    <changeSet id="drop-row-access-policy-basic" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropRowAccessPolicy policyName="TEMPORARY_POLICY"/>
    </changeSet>

    <!-- Drop with IF EXISTS -->
    <changeSet id="drop-row-access-policy-if-exists" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropRowAccessPolicy
                policyName="OLD_ACCESS_POLICY"
                ifExists="true"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-row-access-policy-basic",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropRowAccessPolicy": {
              "policyName": "TEMPORARY_POLICY"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-row-access-policy-if-exists",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropRowAccessPolicy": {
              "policyName": "OLD_ACCESS_POLICY",
              "ifExists": true
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  # Basic drop
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-row-access-policy-basic
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropRowAccessPolicy:
            policyName: TEMPORARY_POLICY

  # Drop with IF EXISTS
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-row-access-policy-if-exists
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropRowAccessPolicy:
            policyName: OLD_ACCESS_POLICY
            ifExists: true

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset examples:basic-drop
-- Basic drop
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY PUBLIC.TEMPORARY_POLICY;

--changeset examples:drop-with-if-exists
-- Drop with IF EXISTS
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY IF EXISTS PUBLIC.OLD_ACCESS_POLICY;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:pro-snowflake="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro-snowflake/liquibase-pro-snowflake-latest.xsd">

    <!-- Basic drop -->
    <changeSet id="drop-row-access-policy-basic" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropRowAccessPolicy policyName="TEMPORARY_POLICY"/>
    </changeSet>

    <!-- Drop with IF EXISTS -->
    <changeSet id="drop-row-access-policy-if-exists" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropRowAccessPolicy
                policyName="OLD_ACCESS_POLICY"
                ifExists="true"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-row-access-policy-basic",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropRowAccessPolicy": {
              "policyName": "TEMPORARY_POLICY"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-row-access-policy-if-exists",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropRowAccessPolicy": {
              "policyName": "OLD_ACCESS_POLICY",
              "ifExists": true
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  # Basic drop
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-row-access-policy-basic
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropRowAccessPolicy:
            policyName: TEMPORARY_POLICY

  # Drop with IF EXISTS
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-row-access-policy-if-exists
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropRowAccessPolicy:
            policyName: OLD_ACCESS_POLICY
            ifExists: true

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset examples:basic-drop
-- Basic drop
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY PUBLIC.TEMPORARY_POLICY;

--changeset examples:drop-with-if-exists
-- Drop with IF EXISTS
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY IF EXISTS PUBLIC.OLD_ACCESS_POLICY;

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