---
title: remove_all_policies() | Tiger Data Docs
description: Remove all policies from a continuous aggregate
---

Early access [2.10.0](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/releases/tag/2.10.0)

Remove all policies from a continuous aggregate. The removed columnstore and retention policies apply to the continuous aggregate, *not* to the original hypertable.

```
timescaledb_experimental.remove_all_policies(
     relation REGCLASS,
     if_exists BOOL = false
) RETURNS BOOL
```

## Samples

Remove all policies from a continuous aggregate named `example_continuous_aggregate`. This includes refresh policies, columnstore policies, and data retention policies. It doesn’t include custom jobs:

```
SELECT timescaledb_experimental.remove_all_policies('example_continuous_aggregate');
```

## Arguments

The syntax is:

```
SELECT timescaledb_experimental.remove_all_policies(
    relation = '<view_name>',
    if_exists = true | false
);
```

| Name        | Type       | Default | Required | Description                                                                  |
| ----------- | ---------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `relation`  | `REGCLASS` | -       | ✔        | The continuous aggregate to remove all policies from                         |
| `if_exists` | `BOOL`     | false   | -        | When true, prints a warning instead of erroring if any policies are missing. |

## Returns

Returns `true` if successful.