Bulk.find.delete()¶

On this page

Definition
Syntax
Example

Definition¶

Bulk.find.delete()¶

Adds a multiple document delete operation to a bulk operations list. Use the Bulk.find() method to specify the condition that determines which documents to remove.

Bulk.find.delete() deletes all matching documents. To remove the first matching document, see Bulk.find.deleteOne().

Syntax¶

The command has the following syntax:

copy

Bulk.find( <filter document> ).delete()

For details on the find() method see: Bulk.find()

Example¶

Create the music collection:

copy

db.music.insertMany( [
   { artist: "DOA", genre: "punk" },
   { artist: "Rick Astley", genre: "pop" },
   { artist: "Black Flag", genre: "punk" },
   { artist: "Justin Bieber", genre: "pop" }
] )

The following example:

Initializes a Bulk() operations builder.
Searches for the genre pop.
Deletes pop music from the collection.

copy

var bulk = db.music.initializeOrderedBulkOp();
bulk.find( { "genre": "pop" } ).delete();
bulk.execute()

To delete only the first matching document, use Bulk.find.deleteOne() instead.