delete()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Deletes all documents from a collection that meet the filter criteria.

There is no difference in usage and behavior between the delete() and deleteMany() functions. These functions can be considered synonyms.

db.<collection>.delete(<filter>[, <options>])

Arguments

<collection>		The target collection
<filter>		A filter expression using query operators
<options>		A BOSN document specifying options

Options

{ collation: <document>, hint: <document> }

collation		A document specifying the collation
hint		A document specifying a hint

Example

db.employees.delete({ salary: { $gt: 700000 }});

Deletes all documents from the employee collection with a salary greater than 700000.

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