This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the mongo shell:

• db.collection.deleteMany()
• db.collection.deleteOne()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of deleting documents using MongoDB Compass .

Populate the inventory collection with the following documents:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the PyMongo Python driver:

• pymongo.collection.Collection.delete_many()
• pymongo.collection.Collection.delete_one()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the Java Synchronous Driver :

• com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection.deleteMany
• com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection.deleteOne

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB Node.js Driver :

• Collection.deleteMany()
• Collection.deleteOne()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB PHP Library :

• MongoDB\Collection::deleteMany()
• MongoDB\Collection::deleteOne()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the Motor driver:

• motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorCollection.delete_many()
• motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorCollection.delete_one()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the Java Reactive Streams Driver :

• com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoCollection.deleteMany
• com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoCollection.deleteOne

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB C# Driver :

• IMongoCollection.DeleteMany()
• IMongoCollection.DeleteOne()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB Perl Driver :

• MongoDB::Collection::delete_many()
• MongoDB::Collection::delete_one()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB Ruby Driver :

• Mongo::Collection#delete_many()
• Mongo::Collection#delete_one()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of delete operations using the following methods in the MongoDB Scala Driver :

• collection.deleteMany()
• collection.deleteOne()

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

db.inventory.insertMany( [
   { item: "journal", qty: 25, size: { h: 14, w: 21, uom: "cm" }, status: "A" },
   { item: "notebook", qty: 50, size: { h: 8.5, w: 11, uom: "in" }, status: "P" },
   { item: "paper", qty: 100, size: { h: 8.5, w: 11, uom: "in" }, status: "D" },
   { item: "planner", qty: 75, size: { h: 22.85, w: 30, uom: "cm" }, status: "D" },
   { item: "postcard", qty: 45, size: { h: 10, w: 15.25, uom: "cm" }, status: "A" },
] );

You can run the operation in the web shell below:

[
   { item: "journal", qty: 25, size: { h: 14, w: 21, uom: "cm" }, status: "A" },
   { item: "notebook", qty: 50, size: { h: 8.5, w: 11, uom: "in" }, status: "P" },
   { item: "paper", qty: 100, size: { h: 8.5, w: 11, uom: "in" }, status: "D" },
   { item: "planner", qty: 75, size: { h: 22.85, w: 30, uom: "cm" }, status: "D" },
   { item: "postcard", qty: 45, size: { h: 10, w: 15.25, uom: "cm" }, status: "A" },
]

For instructions on inserting documents in MongoDB Compass, see Insert Documents.