---
title: "DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)"
description: DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
author: markingmyname
ms.author: maghan
ms.date: "03/06/2017"
ms.service: sql
ms.subservice: 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"
---
# DROP ENDPOINT (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE [SQL Server](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver.md)]

  Drops an existing endpoint.  
  
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```syntaxsql
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`.  
  
```sql  
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)