REVOKE <privileges>

This statement removes privileges from an existing user.

Synopsis

GrantStmt:

GrantStmt

PrivElemList:

PrivElemList

PrivElem:

PrivElem

PrivType:

PrivType

ObjectType:

ObjectType

PrivLevel:

PrivLevel

UserSpecList:

UserSpecList

Examples

mysql> CREATE USER newuser IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) mysql> GRANT ALL ON test.* TO 'newuser'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'newuser'; +-------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for newuser@% | +-------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'newuser'@'%' | | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test.* TO 'newuser'@'%' | +-------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> REVOKE ALL ON test.* FROM 'newuser'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'newuser'; +-------------------------------------+ | Grants for newuser@% | +-------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'newuser'@'%' | +-------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> DROP USER newuser; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.14 sec) mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR newuser; ERROR 1141 (42000): There is no such grant defined for user 'newuser' on host '%'

MySQL compatibility

This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.

See also