Delete Methods

MongoDB provides the following methods to delete documents of a collection:

`db.collection.deleteOne()`	Delete at most a single document that match a specified filter even though multiple documents may match the specified filter.
`db.collection.deleteMany()`	Delete all documents that match a specified filter.
`db.collection.remove()`	Delete a single document or all documents that match a specified filter.

Starting in MongoDB 6.1:

To improve efficiency, MongoDB may batch multiple document deletions together.
The explain command results contain a new BATCHED_DELETE stage for batched document deletions.

Additional Methods

The following methods can also delete documents from a collection:

db.collection.findOneAndDelete().
findOneAndDelete() provides a sort option. The option allows for the deletion of the first document sorted by the specified order.
db.collection.findAndModify().
db.collection.findAndModify() provides a sort option. The option allows for the deletion of the first document sorted by the specified order.
db.collection.bulkWrite().

See the individual reference pages for the methods for more information and examples.

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Delete Documents

Bulk Write Operations