How to fix the Oracle error ORA-06596: object cannot be purged, object is permanently kept in shared pool?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-06596: object cannot be purged, object is permanently kept in shared pool with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-06596: object cannot be purged, object is permanently kept in shared pool

Reason for the Error ORA-06596: object cannot be purged, object is permanently kept in shared pool

The specified object was permanently kept, therefore, cannot be purged.

How to fix the Error ORA-06596: object cannot be purged, object is permanently kept in shared pool ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Use DBMS_SHARED_POOL.UNKEEP procedure to unkeep the object and then purge it.