# DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT reference

DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT SQL keywords reference documentation.  Applies to RBAC in QuestDB Enterprise.

<EnterpriseNote>
  RBAC provides fine-grained database permissions management.
</EnterpriseNote>

`DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT` - drop an existing service account

For full documentation of the Access Control List and Role-based Access Control,
see the [RBAC operations](/docs/security/rbac) page.

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## Syntax

```questdb-sql
DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT [IF EXISTS] accountName;
```

## Description

`DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT` removes an existing service account and all related links
to users or groups.

Unless the `IF EXISTS` clause is applied, an error is raised and the command
fails if the service account does not exist.

## Examples

```questdb-sql
DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT audit;

DROP SERVICE ACCOUNT IF EXISTS audit;
```

It can be verified with:

```questdb-sql
SHOW SERVICE ACCOUNTS;
```

that does not include `audit` in its result.