# DROP CONNECTION Statement in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® supports creating secure connections to external services and data sources. You can use these connections in your Flink statements. You remove these connections by using the DROP CONNECTION statement. ## Syntax ```sql DROP CONNECTION [IF EXISTS] [catalog_name.][db_name.]connection_name ``` ## Description Delete a connection from the Flink environment. Dropping a connection deletes the corresponding credentials stored in the `SecretStore`. ## Example ```sql DROP CONNECTION `azure-openai_connection`; ``` ## Related content - [ALTER CONNECTION](alter-connection.md#flink-sql-alter-connection) - [CREATE CONNECTION](create-connection.md#flink-sql-create-connection) - [DESCRIBE CONNECTION](describe.md#flink-sql-describe) - [SHOW CONNECTIONS](show.md#flink-sql-show-connections) #### 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).