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REVOKE(5)
NAME
  REVOKE - remove access privileges

SYNOPSIS
  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
      { { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | DELETE | RULE | REFERENCES | TRIGGER }
      [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
      ON [ TABLE ] tablename [, ...]
      FROM { username | GROUP groupname | PUBLIC } [, ...]
      [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
      { { CREATE | TEMPORARY | TEMP } [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
      ON DATABASE dbname [, ...]
      FROM { username | GROUP groupname | PUBLIC } [, ...]
      [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
      { EXECUTE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
      ON FUNCTION funcname ([type, ...]) [, ...]
      FROM { username | GROUP groupname | PUBLIC } [, ...]
      [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
      { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
      ON LANGUAGE langname [, ...]
      FROM { username | GROUP groupname | PUBLIC } [, ...]
      [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
      { { CREATE | USAGE } [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
      ON SCHEMA schemaname [, ...]
      FROM { username | GROUP groupname | PUBLIC } [, ...]
      [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

DESCRIPTION
  The REVOKE command revokes previously granted privileges from one or more
  users or groups of users. The key word PUBLIC refers to the implicitly
  defined group of all users.

  See the description of the GRANT [grant(5)] command for the meaning of the
  privilege types.

  Note that any particular user will have the sum of privileges granted
  directly to him, privileges granted to any group he is presently a member
  of, and privileges granted to PUBLIC. Thus, for example, revoking SELECT
  privilege from PUBLIC does not necessarily mean that all users have lost
  SELECT privilege on the object: those who have it granted directly or via a
  group will still have it.

  If GRANT OPTION FOR is specified, only the grant option for the privilege
  is revoked, not the privilege itself.

  If a user holds a privilege with grant option and has granted it to other
  users then the privileges held by those other users are called dependent
  privileges. If the privilege or the grant option held by the first user is
  being revoked and dependent privileges exist, those dependent privileges
  are also revoked if CASCADE is specified, else the revoke action will fail.
  This recursive revocation only affects privileges that were granted through
  a chain of users that is traceable to the user that is the subject of this
  REVOKE command.  Thus, the affected users may effectively keep the
  privilege if it was also granted through other users.

NOTES
  Use psql(1)'s \z command to display the privileges granted on existing
  objects. See also GRANT [grant(5)] for information about the format.

  A user can only revoke privileges that were granted directly by that user.
  If, for example, user A has granted a privilege with grant option to user
  B, and user B has in turned granted it to user C, then user A cannot revoke
  the privilege directly from C.  Instead, user A could revoke the grant
  option from user B and use the CASCADE option so that the privilege is
  automatically revoked from user C.

  If a superuser chooses to issue a GRANT or REVOKE command, the command is
  performed as though it were issued by the owner of the affected object.
  Since all privileges ultimately come from the object owner (possibly
  indirectly via chains of grant options), it is possible for a superuser to
  revoke all privileges, but this may require use of CASCADE as stated above.

EXAMPLES
  Revoke insert privilege for the public on table films:

  REVOKE INSERT ON films FROM PUBLIC;

  Revoke all privileges from user manuel on view kinds:

  REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON kinds FROM manuel;

COMPATIBILITY
  The compatibility notes of the GRANT [grant(5)] command apply analogously
  to REVOKE. The syntax summary is:

  REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ] privileges
      ON object [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
      FROM { PUBLIC | username [, ...] }
      { RESTRICT | CASCADE }

  One of RESTRICT or CASCADE is required according to the standard, but
  PostgreSQL assumes RESTRICT by default.

SEE ALSO
  GRANT [grant(5)]

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