Delete Documents¶

Prerequisites¶

If you have not done so already, you must complete the following prerequisites before you can delete documents with a MongoDB Playground:

• Create a connection to a MongoDB deployment.
• Activate the connection to the MongoDB deployment.
• Open a MongoDB Playground.
• Create Documents or create documents in a collection using a different method..

Delete One Document¶

To delete one document, use the following syntax in your Playground:

db.collection.deleteOne(
   <filter>,
   {
      writeConcern: <document>,
      collation: <document>
   }
)

For a detailed description of this method's parameters, see deleteOne() in the MongoDB Manual.

To run your Playground, press the Play Button at the top right of the Playground View. MongoDB for VS Code outputs the results of your playground to the Output view in Visual Studio Code.

use("test");
db.sales.deleteOne(
  { "_id" : 1 }
);

{
  acknowleged: 1,
  deletedCount: 1
}

Delete Many Documents¶

To delete many documents, use the following syntax in your Playground:

db.collection.deleteMany(
   <filter>,
   {
      writeConcern: <document>,
      collation: <document>
   }
)

For a detailed description of this method's parameters, see deleteMany() in the MongoDB Manual.

To run your Playground, press the Play Button at the top right of the Playground View. MongoDB for VS Code outputs the results of your playground to the Output view in Visual Studio Code.

use("test");
db.sales.deleteMany(
  { "item" : "abc" }
);

{
  acknowleged: 1,
  deletedCount: 3
}