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# DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
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  Drops an existing endpoint.  
  
 ![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 ENDPOINT endPointName  
```  
  
## 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)](../../t-sql/statements/create-endpoint-transact-sql.md)   
 [ALTER ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-endpoint-transact-sql.md)   
 [EVENTDATA (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/eventdata-transact-sql.md)