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Bulk.find.deleteOne() (mongosh method)

Definition

Bulk.find.deleteOne()

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

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

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

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

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

Compatibility

This command is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

  • MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Note

This command is supported in all MongoDB Atlas clusters. For information on Atlas support for all commands, see Unsupported Commands.

Example

Create the music collection:

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 Rick Astley, the first matching pop artist, from the collection.
var bulk = db.music.initializeOrderedBulkOp();
bulk.find( { "genre": "pop" } ).deleteOne();
bulk.execute()

To delete all "pop" music, use Bulk.find.delete() instead.