DROP DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW) SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Removes a database scoped credential from the server.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

DROP DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL credential_name  

Arguments

credential_name

The name of the database scoped credential to remove from the server.

Remarks

To drop the secret associated with a database scoped credential without dropping the database scoped credential itself, use ALTER CREDENTIAL.

Information about database scoped credentials is visible in the sys.database_scoped_credentials catalog view.

Permissions

Requires ALTER permission on the credential.

Examples

The following example removes the database scoped credential called SalesAccess.

DROP DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL SalesAccess;  
GO  

Related content

• Credentials (Database Engine)
• CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL)
• ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL)
• sys.database_scoped_credentials
• CREATE CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL)
• sys.credentials (Transact-SQL)