Delete Multiple Documents

You can delete multiple documents in a collection by using the DeleteMany() method.

Example

Tip

Read the Usage Examples to learn how to run this example.

The following example matches documents in the movies collection in which the runtime is greater than 800 minutes, deleting all documents matched:

coll := client.Database("sample_mflix").Collection("movies")
filter := bson.D{{"runtime", bson.D{{"$gt", 800}}}}
results, err := coll.DeleteMany(context.TODO(), filter)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

View a fully runnable example.

Expected Result

After you run the full example, it removes the following documents in the movies collection:

// results truncated
{ "_id": ObjectId("573a1397f29313caabce69db"), ... , "runtime": 1256, ... },
{ "_id": ObjectId("573a1397f29313caabce75fe"), ... , "runtime": 910, ... },
{ "_id": ObjectId("573a1399f29313caabcee1aa"), ... , "runtime": 1140, ... },
{ "_id": ObjectId("573a13a6f29313caabd18ae0"), ... , "runtime": 877, ... }

For an example on how to find multiple documents, see Find Multiple Documents.

Additional Information

To learn more about deleting documents, see Delete a Document.

API Documentation

DeleteMany()

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