DROP TRIGGER [IF EXISTS] [schema_name.]trigger_name

This statement drops a trigger. The schema (database) name is optional. If the schema is omitted, the trigger is dropped from the default schema. DROP TRIGGER was added in MySQL 5.0.2. Its use requires the SUPER privilege.

Use IF EXISTS to prevent an error from occurring for a trigger that does not exist. A NOTE is generated for a non-existent trigger when using IF EXISTS. See Section 13.5.4.28, “SHOW WARNINGS Syntax”. The IF EXISTS clause was added in MySQL 5.0.32.

Note: Prior to MySQL 5.0.10, the table name was required instead of the schema name (table_name.trigger_name). When upgrading from a previous version of MySQL 5.0 to MySQL 5.0.10 or newer, you must drop all triggers before upgrading and re-create them afterwards, or else DROP TRIGGER does not work after the upgrade. See Section 2.4.16.2, “Upgrading from MySQL 4.1 to 5.0”, for a suggested upgrade procedure.

In addition, triggers created in MySQL 5.0.16 or later cannot be dropped following a downgrade to MySQL 5.0.15 or earlier. If you wish to perform such a downgrade, you must also in this case drop all triggers prior to the downgrade, and then re-create them afterwards.

(For more information about these two issues, see Bug#15921 and Bug#18588.)