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# DROP RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)
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  Drops a user-defined Resource Governor resource pool.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md).  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
DROP RESOURCE POOL pool_name  
[ ; ]  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *pool_name*  
 Is the name of an existing user-defined resource pool.  
  
## Remarks  
 You cannot drop a resource pool if it contains workload groups.  
  
 You cannot drop the Resource Governor default or internal pools.  
  
 When you are executing DDL statements, we recommend that you be familiar with Resource Governor states. For more information, see [Resource Governor](../../relational-databases/resource-governor/resource-governor.md).  
  
## Permissions  
 Requires CONTROL SERVER permission.  
  
## Examples  
 The following example drops the resource pool named `big_pool`.  
  
```  
DROP RESOURCE POOL big_pool;  
GO  
ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE;  
GO  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Resource Governor](../../relational-databases/resource-governor/resource-governor.md)   
 [CREATE RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/create-resource-pool-transact-sql.md)   
 [ALTER RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-resource-pool-transact-sql.md)   
 [CREATE WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/create-workload-group-transact-sql.md)   
 [ALTER WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-workload-group-transact-sql.md)   
 [DROP WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/drop-workload-group-transact-sql.md)   
 [ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-resource-governor-transact-sql.md)