# DEALLOCATE PREPARE
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Removes the prepared statement with the specified name from the list of prepared statements in the current workgroup.

## Syntax
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```
DEALLOCATE PREPARE statement_name
```

*statement\$1name* is the name of the prepared statement to be removed.

## Example
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The following example removes the `my_select1` prepared statement from the current workgroup.

```
DEALLOCATE PREPARE my_select1
```