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# DROP WORKLOAD GROUP (Transact-SQL)

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## Azure Synapse Analytics 

Drops a workload group.  Once the statement completes, the settings are in effect.

![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

```syntaxsql
DROP WORKLOAD GROUP group_name  
```

## Arguments

*group_name*  
Is the name of an existing user-defined workload group.

## Remarks

A workload group cannot be dropped if classifiers exist for the workload group.  Drop the classifiers before the workload group is dropped.  If there are active requests using resources from the workload group being dropped, the drop workload statement is blocked behind them.

## Examples

Use the following code example to determine which classifiers need to be dropped before the workload group can be dropped.

```sql
SELECT c.name as classifier_name
      ,'DROP WORKLOAD CLASSIFIER '+c.name as drop_command
  FROM sys.workload_management_workload_classifiers c
  JOIN sys.workload_management_workload_groups g
    ON c.group_name = g.name
  WHERE g.name = 'wgXYZ' --change the filter to the workload being dropped
```

## Permissions

Requires CONTROL DATABASE permission

## See also

- [CREATE WORKLOAD GROUP &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/statements/create-workload-group-transact-sql.md)
- [ALTER WORKLOAD GROUP &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/statements/alter-workload-group-transact-sql.md)
- [sys.workload_management_workload_groups](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-workload-management-workload-groups-transact-sql.md)
- [sys.dm_workload_management_workload_groups_stats](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-workload-management-workload-group-stats-transact-sql.md)
- [Quickstart: Configure workload isolation using T-SQL](/azure/sql-data-warehouse/quickstart-configure-workload-isolation-tsql)

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