| title | sp_mergesubscription_cleanup (Transact-SQL) | ||
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| description | Removes metadata, such as triggers and entries, in sysmergesubscriptions and sysmergearticles. | ||
| author | markingmyname | ||
| ms.author | maghan | ||
| ms.reviewer | randolphwest | ||
| ms.date | 06/23/2025 | ||
| ms.service | sql | ||
| ms.subservice | replication | ||
| ms.topic | reference | ||
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server]
Removes metadata, such as triggers and entries, in sysmergesubscriptions and sysmergearticles after the specified merge push subscription is removed at the Publisher. This stored procedure is run at the Subscriber on the subscription database.
Note
For a pull subscription, metadata is removed when sp_dropmergepullsubscription is executed.
:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions
sp_mergesubscription_cleanup
[ @publisher = ] N'publisher'
, [ @publisher_db = ] N'publisher_db'
, [ @publication = ] N'publication'
[ ; ]
The name of the Publisher. @publisher is sysname, with no default.
The name of the Publisher database. @publisher_db is sysname, with no default.
The name of the publication. @publication is sysname, with no default.
0 (success) or 1 (failure).
sp_mergesubscription_cleanup is used in merge replication.
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role or the db_owner fixed database role can execute sp_mergesubscription_cleanup.