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Version · 6.0
Change Automation Reference

dropProcedure

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Drops an existing procedure.

Run dropProcedure

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
Deploy your changeset by running the update command:liquibase update

Available attributes

Name	Description	Required for	Supports
`catalogName`	Name of the catalog		asany, db2, db2z, derby, firebird, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sybase
`procedureName`	Name of the stored procedure	all	all
`schemaName`	Name of the schema		all

Database support

Database	Notes	Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW	Supported	No
DB2/z	Supported	No
Derby	Supported	No
Firebird	Supported	No
Google BigQuery	Supported	No
H2	Not supported	No
HyperSQL	Supported	No
INGRES	Supported	No
Informix	Supported	No
MariaDB	Supported	No
MySQL	Supported	No
Oracle	Supported	No
PostgreSQL	Supported	No
Snowflake	Supported	No
SQL Server	Supported	No
SQLite	Not Supported	No
Sybase	Supported	No
Sybase Anywhere	Supported	No

dropProcedure examples

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropProcedure-example
DROP  PROCEDURE  cat.new_customer;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  dropProcedure-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  dropProcedure:
        catalogName:  cat
        procedureName:  new_customer
        schemaName:  public

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "dropProcedure-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "dropProcedure": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "procedureName": "new_customer",
                            "schemaName": "public"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    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/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="dropProcedure-example">
        <dropProcedure  catalogName="cat"
            procedureName="new_customer"
            schemaName="public"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropProcedure-example
DROP  PROCEDURE  cat.new_customer;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  dropProcedure-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  dropProcedure:
        catalogName:  cat
        procedureName:  new_customer
        schemaName:  public

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "dropProcedure-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "dropProcedure": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "procedureName": "new_customer",
                            "schemaName": "public"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    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/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="dropProcedure-example">
        <dropProcedure  catalogName="cat"
            procedureName="new_customer"
            schemaName="public"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

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