delete()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Deletes all documents from a collection that meet the filter criteria.
This method is identically equal to deleteMany().

<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.