DROP DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL)

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Removes a database scoped credential from the server.

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Syntax

  
DROP DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL credential_name

Arguments

credential_name
Is 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 AppCred;  
GO

See Also

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)