In this post, I am sharing an ALTER command to change the recovery model of a SQL Server Database.

We can also change this recovery model using database properties of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

I always prefer to use T-SQL script to perform any database administrator related task because I tried to change the recovery model using database properties of SSMS, and my database crashed, and I don’t know the reason.

We can do using ALTER DATABASE option and most importantly, we should provide WITH NO_WAIT option.

USE [master]
GO

-- FULL Recovery Model
ALTER DATABASE [Database_Name] SET RECOVERY FULL WITH NO_WAIT
GO

-- SIMPLE Recovery Model
ALTER DATABASE [Database_Name] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE WITH NO_WAIT
GO

-- Bulk Logged Recovery Model
ALTER DATABASE [Database_Name] SET RECOVERY BULK_LOGGED WITH NO_WAIT
GO