# DROP AGENT Statement in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink Remove an agent from the environment. ## Syntax ```sql DROP AGENT [IF EXISTS] agent_name ``` ## Description The DROP AGENT statement removes a Streaming Agent from the current environment. After it is dropped, the agent cannot be used in queries and all its configuration is permanently deleted. ## Parameters - **IF EXISTS** (Optional): Prevents error if agent doesn’t exist - **agent_name** (STRING): Name of the agent to remove ## Examples Remove an agent: ```sql DROP AGENT old_agent; ``` Remove an agent safely (no error if it doesn’t exist): ```sql DROP AGENT IF EXISTS old_agent; ``` ## Related content - [ALTER AGENT Statement](alter-agent.md#flink-sql-alter-agent) - [CREATE AGENT Statement](create-agent.md#flink-sql-create-agent) - [SHOW AGENTS Statement](show.md#flink-sql-show-agents) #### NOTE This website includes content developed at the [Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org/) under the terms of the [Apache License v2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).