[discrete]
[[esql-drop]]
=== `DROP`

Use `DROP` to remove columns:

[source,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dropheight]
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Rather than specify each column by name, you can use wildcards to drop all
columns with a name that matches a pattern:

[source,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dropheightwithwildcard]
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