Delete Methods

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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. New in version 3.2.
`db.collection.deleteMany()`	Delete all documents that match a specified filter. New in version 3.2.
`db.collection.remove()`	Delete a single document or all documents that match a specified filter.

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