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\unset

Unsets (deletes) the psql variable name .

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

Unsets (deletes) the psql variable name .

Client: psql 18.6
Case-sensitive spelling: \unset

Usage

\unset name

Spellings in this manual definition

Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\unset	None listed in this signature

Manual definition

\unset name

Unsets (deletes) the psql variable name.

Most variables that control psql's behavior cannot be unset; instead, an \unset command is interpreted as setting them to their default values. See Variables below.

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Documentation and source

18.6 English manual · app-psql.html

Source build

Version: 18.6
Build: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint: ee8d1a3612338fd9adf250730cb640fcc5233b5491337cc00a316a44e3a0b9f8

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PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

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