Secure 5.2.2: dropStage

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dropStage

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Drops an existing stage in Snowflake.

Note: This change type does not support automatic rollback.

Available attributes

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
`catalogName`	String	Name of the catalog (database) containing the stage	No
`schemaName`	String	Name of the schema containing the stage	No
`stageName`	String	Name of the stage to drop	Yes
`ifExists`	Boolean	Don't error if the stage doesn't exist	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">

    <!-- Drop stage -->
    <changeSet id="drop-stage" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropStage stageName="OLD_STAGE"/>
    </changeSet>

    <!-- Drop stage with IF EXISTS -->
    <changeSet id="drop-stage-if-exists" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropStage stageName="TEMP_STAGE" ifExists="true"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-stage",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropStage": {
              "stageName": "OLD_STAGE"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-stage-if-exists",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropStage": {
              "stageName": "TEMP_STAGE",
              "ifExists": true
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  # Drop stage
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-stage
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropStage:
            stageName: OLD_STAGE

  # Drop stage with IF EXISTS
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-stage-if-exists
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropStage:
            stageName: TEMP_STAGE
            ifExists: true

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset examples:drop-stage
-- Drop stage
DROP STAGE PUBLIC.OLD_STAGE;

--changeset examples:drop-stage-with-if-exists
-- Drop stage with IF EXISTS
DROP STAGE IF EXISTS PUBLIC.TEMP_STAGE;

<?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">

    <!-- Drop stage -->
    <changeSet id="drop-stage" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropStage stageName="OLD_STAGE"/>
    </changeSet>

    <!-- Drop stage with IF EXISTS -->
    <changeSet id="drop-stage-if-exists" author="examples">
        <pro-snowflake:dropStage stageName="TEMP_STAGE" ifExists="true"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-stage",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropStage": {
              "stageName": "OLD_STAGE"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "drop-stage-if-exists",
        "author": "examples",
        "changes": [
          {
            "dropStage": {
              "stageName": "TEMP_STAGE",
              "ifExists": true
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  # Drop stage
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-stage
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropStage:
            stageName: OLD_STAGE

  # Drop stage with IF EXISTS
  - changeSet:
      id: drop-stage-if-exists
      author: examples
      changes:
        - dropStage:
            stageName: TEMP_STAGE
            ifExists: true

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset examples:drop-stage
-- Drop stage
DROP STAGE PUBLIC.OLD_STAGE;

--changeset examples:drop-stage-with-if-exists
-- Drop stage with IF EXISTS
DROP STAGE IF EXISTS PUBLIC.TEMP_STAGE;

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