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slug: /en/sql-reference/statements/alter/ttl
sidebar_position: 44
sidebar_label: TTL
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# Manipulations with Table TTL
:::note
If you are looking for details on using TTL for managing old data, check out the [Manage Data with TTL](/docs/en/guides/developer/ttl.md) user guide. The docs below demonstrate how to alter or remove an existing TTL rule.
:::
## MODIFY TTL
You can change [table TTL](../../../engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.md#mergetree-table-ttl) with a request of the following form:
``` sql
ALTER TABLE [db.]table_name [ON CLUSTER cluster] MODIFY TTL ttl_expression;
```
## REMOVE TTL
TTL-property can be removed from table with the following query:
```sql
ALTER TABLE [db.]table_name [ON CLUSTER cluster] REMOVE TTL
```
**Example**
Consider the table with table `TTL`:
```sql
CREATE TABLE table_with_ttl
(
event_time DateTime,
UserID UInt64,
Comment String
)
ENGINE MergeTree()
ORDER BY tuple()
TTL event_time + INTERVAL 3 MONTH
SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;
INSERT INTO table_with_ttl VALUES (now(), 1, 'username1');
INSERT INTO table_with_ttl VALUES (now() - INTERVAL 4 MONTH, 2, 'username2');
```
Run `OPTIMIZE` to force `TTL` cleanup:
```sql
OPTIMIZE TABLE table_with_ttl FINAL;
SELECT * FROM table_with_ttl FORMAT PrettyCompact;
```
Second row was deleted from table.
```text
┌─────────event_time────┬──UserID─┬─────Comment──┐
│ 2020-12-11 12:44:57 │ 1 │ username1 │
└───────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────┘
```
Now remove table `TTL` with the following query:
```sql
ALTER TABLE table_with_ttl REMOVE TTL;
```
Re-insert the deleted row and force the `TTL` cleanup again with `OPTIMIZE`:
```sql
INSERT INTO table_with_ttl VALUES (now() - INTERVAL 4 MONTH, 2, 'username2');
OPTIMIZE TABLE table_with_ttl FINAL;
SELECT * FROM table_with_ttl FORMAT PrettyCompact;
```
The `TTL` is no longer there, so the second row is not deleted:
```text
┌─────────event_time────┬──UserID─┬─────Comment──┐
│ 2020-12-11 12:44:57 │ 1 │ username1 │
│ 2020-08-11 12:44:57 │ 2 │ username2 │
└───────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────┘
```
**See Also**
- More about the [TTL-expression](../../../sql-reference/statements/create/table.md#ttl-expression).
- Modify column [with TTL](../../../sql-reference/statements/alter/column.md#alter_modify-column).