# ALTER TABLE UNSET TBLPROPERTIES
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Drops existing properties from an Iceberg table.

## Synopsis
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```
ALTER TABLE [db_name.]table_name UNSET TBLPROPERTIES ('property_name' [ , ... ])
```

## Example
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```
ALTER TABLE iceberg_table UNSET TBLPROPERTIES ('write_compression')
```

The following example removes the `write.data.path` property from an Iceberg table.

```
ALTER TABLE iceberg_table UNSET TBLPROPERTIES ('write.data.path')
```