# KILL QUERY

Interrupt a queued query. Specify the query by using its session ID.

To see the queries in the queue, use the [SHOW QUERIES](/sql/data-manipulation-dml/sql-capabilities.md#show-queries-example) command:

```sql
show queries;
query_session_id|current_status      |executor_id|submitted     |query_str       |login_name|client_address            |db_name|exec_device_type
713-t1ax        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |John      |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
491-xpfb        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Patrick   |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
451-gp2c        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |John      |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
190-5pax        |PENDING_EXECUTOR    |1          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Cavin     |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
720-nQtV        |RUNNING_QUERY_KERNEL|2          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Cavin     |tcp:::ffff:127.0.0.1:50142|omnisci|GPU
947-ooNP        |RUNNING_IMPORTER    |0          |2021-08-03 ...|IMPORT_GEO_TABLE|Rio       |tcp:::ffff:127.0.0.1:47314|omnisci|CPU
```

To interrupt the last query in the list (ID `946-ooNP`):

```sql
kill query '946-ooNP'
```

Showing the queries again indicates that `946-ooNP` has been deleted:

```sql
show queries;
query_session_id|current_status      |executor_id|submitted     |query_str       |login_name|client_address            |db_name|exec_device_type
713-t1ax        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |John      |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
491-xpfb        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Patrick   |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
451-gp2c        |PENDING_QUEUE       |0          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |John      |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
190-5pax        |PENDING_EXECUTOR    |1          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Cavin     |http:::1                  |omnisci|GPU
720-nQtV        |RUNNING_QUERY_KERNEL|2          |2021-08-03 ...|SELECT ...      |Cavin     |tcp:::ffff:127.0.0.1:50142|omnisci|GPU
```

{% hint style="info" %}

* KILL QUERY is only available if the runtime query interrupt parameter (`enable-runtime-query-interrupt`) is set.
* Interrupting a query in ‘PENDING\_QUEUE’ status is supported in both distributed and single-server mode.
* To enable query interrupt for tables imported from data files in local storage, set `enable_non_kernel_time_query_interrupt` to TRUE. (It is enabled by default.)
  {% endhint %}


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