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}}}}
// Deletes all documents that have a "runtime" value greater than 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 Documents.

API Documentation

DeleteMany()

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Bulk Operations