MySQL: DROP TRIGGER Statement

This tutorial explains how to use the DROP TRIGGER statement to drop a trigger in MySQL with syntax and examples.

Description

Once you have created a trigger in MySQL, you might find that you need to remove it from the database. You can do this with the DROP TRIGGER statement.

Syntax

The syntax to a drop a trigger in MySQL is:

DROP TRIGGER <strong>trigger_name</strong>;

Parameters or Arguments

trigger_name

The name of the trigger that you wish to drop.

Note

• See also how to create AFTER DELETE, AFTER INSERT, AFTER UPDATE, BEFORE DELETE, BEFORE INSERT, and BEFORE UPDATE triggers.

Example

Let's look at an example of how to drop a trigger in MySQL.

For example:

DROP TRIGGER orders_before_insert;

This example uses the ALTER TRIGGER statement to drop the trigger called orders_before_insert.