-- View SELECT procpid, current_query FROM pg_stat_activity; -- Cancel SELECT pg_cancel_backend(enter procpid here); OR SELECT pg_cancel_backend(procpid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE usename = 'some_user' AND current_query LIKE '%'; -- Cancel Multiple Sessions At Once (Pre-9.2 use "procpid" instead of "pid") SELECT pg_terminate_backend( pid ) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid( ) AND datname = current_database( ); -- Terminate SELECT pg_terminate_backend(enter procpid here); OR SELECT pg_terminate_backend(procpid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE usename = 'some_user' AND current_query LIKE '%';