Mongodb: Delete

Setup code

// const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const {MongoClient, ObjectID} = require('mongodb');

MongoClient.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/your_app', (err, db) => {
  if (err) {
    return console.log('Unable to connect to MongoDB server');
  }
  console.log('Connected to MongoDB server');

  // Execute code here
});

Delete many

Deletes all documents that match the criteria, DOESN'T return any documents.

  db.collection('your_db').deleteMany({query_object}).then((result) => {
    console.log(result);
  });

Delete one

Deletes the first document that matches the criteria, DOESN'T return that document.

  db.collection('your_db').deleteOne({query_object}).then((result) => {
    console.log(result);
  });

Find one and delete

Deletes the first document that matches the criteria, returns that document.

  db.collection('your_db').findOneAndDelete({query_object}).then((result) => {
    console.log(result);
  });