Amazon Redshift will no longer support the use of Python UDFs after June 30, 2026. We will start enforcing it in phases. For more information on the details of Python end of life and migration options, see the [ blog post ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-python-user-defined-functions-will-reach-end-of-support-after-june-30-2026/) that was published on June 30, 2025. 

# DEALLOCATE
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Deallocates a prepared statement. 

## Syntax
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```
DEALLOCATE [PREPARE] plan_name
```

## Parameters
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PREPARE   
This keyword is optional and is ignored. 

 *plan\_name*   
The name of the prepared statement to deallocate. 

## Usage Notes
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DEALLOCATE is used to deallocate a previously prepared SQL statement. If you don't explicitly deallocate a prepared statement, it is deallocated when the current session ends. For more information on prepared statements, see [PREPARE](r_PREPARE.md).

## See Also
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 [EXECUTE](r_EXECUTE.md), [PREPARE](r_PREPARE.md)