title: How to Drop User from Postgres Database
body: <p>I have the following postgres users which I can view by invoking the <code>\du</code> command in the terminal as follows:</p>
  <pre><code>postgres=# \du 
  
                              List of roles
   Role name |                   Attributes                   | Member of
  -----------+------------------------------------------------+-----------
   postgres  | Superuser, Create role, Create DB, Replication | {}
   tutorial1 |                                                | {}
  </code></pre>
  <p>According to the <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-dropuser.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">postgres documentation</a>, I should be able to drop the user called &quot;tutorial1&quot; by entering the following command:</p>
  <pre><code>postgres=# DROP USER tutorial1
  </code></pre>
  <p>However, when I use that command nothing happens.  The documentation doesn't provide any hints as to why this isn't working, nor does it provide clear examples.</p>
  <p>That being said-- what is the command to drop this user?</p>