DROP EVENT SESSION (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

Drops an event session.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
DROP EVENT SESSION event_session_name  
ON SERVER  

Arguments

event_session_name
Is the name of an existing event session.

Remarks

When you drop an event session, all configuration information, such as targets and session parameters, is completely removed.

Permissions

Requires the ALTER ANY EVENT SESSION permission.

Examples

The following example shows how to drop an event session.

DROP EVENT SESSION evt_spin_lock_diagnosis  
ON SERVER;  

See Also

CREATE EVENT SESSION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER EVENT SESSION (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_event_sessions (Transact-SQL)