# DROP SINK
`DROP SINK` removes a sink from Materialize.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/llms.txt).


`DROP SINK` removes a sink from Materialize.

Dropping a Kafka sink doesn't drop the corresponding topic. For more information, see the [Kafka documentation](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/).


## Syntax

```mzsql
DROP SINK [IF EXISTS] <sink_name>;
```

Syntax element | Description
---------------|------------
**IF EXISTS** | Optional. If specified, do not return an error if the specified sink does not exist.
`<sink_name>` | The sink you want to drop. You can find available sink names through [`SHOW SINKS`](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/markdown-docs/sql/show-sinks/index.md).

## Examples

```mzsql
SHOW SINKS;
```
```nofmt
my_sink
```
```mzsql
DROP SINK my_sink;
```
```nofmt
DROP SINK
```

## Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

- Ownership of the dropped sink.
- `USAGE` privileges on the containing schema.

## Related pages

- [`SHOW SINKS`](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/markdown-docs/sql/show-sinks/index.md)
- [`CREATE SINK`](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/markdown-docs/sql/create-sink/index.md)
- [`DROP OWNED`](https://preview.materialize.com/materialize/40269/markdown-docs/sql/drop-owned/index.md)