findOneAndDelete()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Deletes a single document based on the filter and sort criteria, returning the deleted document.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the MongoDB Manual.

<collection>.findOneAndDelete(<filter>[, <options>])

Arguments

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

Options

{ projection: <document>, sort: <document>, maxtime: <long>, collation: <document>, hint: <document> }

projection		Defines a subset of fields to return.
sort		Specifies a sort order.
maxtime		Specifies a time limit in milliseconds.
collation		A document specifying the collation.
hint		A document specifying a hint.

Example

db.employees.findOneAndDelete({ salary: { $gt: 700000 }}, { sort: { age: 1 }});

Finds document from the employee collection with a salary greater than 700000, sorts them by age, then deletes the first document in the result.

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