drop-endpoint-transact-sql.md

title	DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
description	DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
author	WilliamDAssafMSFT
ms.author	wiassaf
ms.date	03/06/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	sql-database
ms.technology	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	DROP_ENDPOINT_TSQL DROP ENDPOINT
helpviewer_keywords	removing endpoints endpoints [SQL Server], removing deleting endpoints DROP ENDPOINT statement dropping endpoints
dev_langs	TSQL
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DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Drops an existing endpoint.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

DROP ENDPOINT endPointName  

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Arguments

endPointName
Is the name of the endpoint to be removed.

Remarks

The ENDPOINT DDL statements cannot be executed inside a user transaction.

Permissions

User must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role, the owner of the endpoint, or have been granted CONTROL permission on the endpoint.

Examples

The following example removes a previously created endpoint called sql_endpoint.

DROP ENDPOINT sql_endpoint;  

See Also

CREATE ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
ALTER ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)