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| 1 | +.. _pymongo-write-delete: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +================ |
| 4 | +Delete Documents |
| 5 | +================ |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +.. contents:: On this page |
| 8 | + :local: |
| 9 | + :backlinks: none |
| 10 | + :depth: 2 |
| 11 | + :class: singlecol |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +.. facet:: |
| 14 | + :name: genre |
| 15 | + :values: reference |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +.. meta:: |
| 18 | + :keywords: remove, drop, code example |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +Overview |
| 21 | +-------- |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +In this guide, you can learn how to use {+driver-short+} to remove |
| 24 | +documents from a MongoDB collection by performing delete operations. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +A delete operation removes one or more documents from a MongoDB collection. |
| 27 | +You can perform a delete operation by using the ``delete_one()`` or |
| 28 | +``delete_many()`` methods. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +.. .. tip:: Interactive Lab |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +.. This page includes a short interactive lab that demonstrates how to |
| 33 | +.. modify data by using the ``delete_many()`` method. You can complete this |
| 34 | +.. lab directly in your browser window without installing MongoDB or a code editor. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +.. To start the lab, click the :guilabel:`Open Interactive Tutorial` button at the |
| 37 | +.. top of the page. To expand the lab to a full-screen format, click the |
| 38 | +.. full-screen button (:guilabel:`⛶`) in the top-right corner of the lab pane. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Sample Data |
| 41 | +~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +The examples in this guide use the ``sample_restaurants.restaurants`` collection |
| 44 | +from the :atlas:`Atlas sample datasets </sample-data>`. To learn how to create a |
| 45 | +free MongoDB Atlas cluster and load the sample datasets, see the |
| 46 | +:ref:`<pymongo-get-started>` tutorial. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Delete Operations |
| 49 | +----------------- |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +You can perform delete operations in MongoDB by using the following methods: |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +- ``delete_one()``, which deletes *the first document* that matches the search criteria |
| 54 | +- ``delete_many()``, which deletes *all documents* that match the search criteria |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Each delete method requires a **query filter** document, which specifies the |
| 57 | +search criteria that determine which documents to select for removal. |
| 58 | +For more information about query filters, see the |
| 59 | +:manual:`Query Filter Documents section </core/document/#query-filter-documents>` in |
| 60 | +the MongoDB Server manual. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Delete One Document |
| 63 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +The following example uses the ``delete_one()`` method to remove a document in |
| 66 | +the ``restaurants`` collection with a ``name`` value of ``"Ready Penny Inn"``: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +.. literalinclude:: /includes/write/delete.py |
| 69 | + :start-after: start-delete-one |
| 70 | + :end-before: end-delete-one |
| 71 | + :language: python |
| 72 | + :copyable: |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Delete Multiple Documents |
| 75 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +The following example uses the ``delete_many()`` method to remove all documents |
| 78 | +in the ``restaurants`` collection with a ``borough`` value of ``"Brooklyn"``: |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +.. literalinclude:: /includes/write/delete.py |
| 81 | + :start-after: start-delete-many |
| 82 | + :end-before: end-delete-many |
| 83 | + :language: python |
| 84 | + :copyable: |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Customize the Delete Operation |
| 87 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +The ``delete_one()`` and ``delete_many()`` methods optionally accept additional |
| 90 | +parameters, which represent options you can use to configure the delete |
| 91 | +operation. If you don't specify any additional options, the driver does not customize |
| 92 | +the delete operation. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +.. list-table:: |
| 95 | + :widths: 30 70 |
| 96 | + :header-rows: 1 |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | + * - Property |
| 99 | + - Description |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + * - ``collation`` |
| 102 | + - | Specifies the kind of language collation to use when sorting |
| 103 | + results. For more information, see :manual:`Collation </reference/collation/#std-label-collation>` |
| 104 | + in the MongoDB Server manual. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + * - ``hint`` |
| 107 | + - | Gets or sets the index to scan for documents. |
| 108 | + For more information, see the :manual:`hint statement </reference/command/delete/#std-label-deletes-array-hint>` |
| 109 | + in the MongoDB Server manual. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + * - ``session`` |
| 112 | + - | An instance of ``ClientSession``. |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | + * - ``let`` |
| 115 | + - | A map of parameter names and values. Values must be constant or closed |
| 116 | + expressions that don't reference document fields. For more information, |
| 117 | + see the :manual:`let statement |
| 118 | + </reference/command/delete/#std-label-delete-let-syntax>` in the |
| 119 | + MongoDB Server manual. |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | + * - ``comment`` |
| 122 | + - | A comment to attach to the operation. For more information, see the :manual:`delete command |
| 123 | + fields </reference/command/delete/#command-fields>` guide in the |
| 124 | + MongoDB Server manual for more information. |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +The following code uses the ``delete_many()`` method to delete all documents in |
| 127 | +the ``restaurants`` collection with a ``name`` value that includes the string ``"Mongo"``. |
| 128 | +It also uses the ``comment`` option to add a comment to the operation: |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +.. literalinclude:: /includes/write/delete.py |
| 131 | + :start-after: start-delete-options |
| 132 | + :end-before: end-delete-options |
| 133 | + :language: python |
| 134 | + :copyable: |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +.. tip:: |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | + If the preceding example used the ``delete_one()`` method instead of |
| 139 | + ``delete_many()``, the driver would delete only the first document with a |
| 140 | + ``name`` value that includes ``"Mongo"``. |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +Return Value |
| 143 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +The ``delete_one()`` and ``delete_many()`` methods return a |
| 146 | +``DeleteResult`` type. This type contains the following properties: |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +- ``deleted_count``, which indicates the number of documents deleted |
| 149 | +- ``acknowledged``, which indicates if the server acknowledges the result |
| 150 | +- ``raw_result``, which is the raw result returned by the server |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +.. note:: |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + If the ``acknowledged`` attribute is ``False``, all other attributes of ``DeleteResult`` |
| 155 | + raise an ``InvalidOperation`` exception when accessed. The driver cannot |
| 156 | + determine these values if the server does not acknowledge the write operation. |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +If the query filter does not match any documents, the driver doesn't delete any |
| 159 | +documents and ``deleted_count`` is 0. |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +API Documentation |
| 162 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +To learn more about any of the methods or types discussed in this |
| 165 | +guide, see the following API Documentation: |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +- `delete_one() <{+api-root+}pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection.delete_one>`__ |
| 168 | +- `delete_many() <{+api-root+}pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection.delete_many>`__ |
| 169 | +- `DeleteResult <{+api-root+}pymongo/results.html#pymongo.results.DeleteResult>`__ |
| 170 | +- `ClientSession <{+api-root+}pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession>`__ |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +.. .. _pymongo-delete-instruqt-lab: |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +.. .. instruqt:: /mongodb-docs/tracks/delete-documents---c-net-driver?token=em_69t_l-j0BC_en7Uy |
| 176 | +.. :title: delete_many() Lesson |
| 177 | +.. :drawer: |
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