The drop() Method in MongoDB

The drop() Method

MongoDB's db.collection.drop() is used to drop a collection from the database.

Syntax:

Basic syntax of drop() command is as follows

db.COLLECTION_NAME.drop()

Example:

First, check the available collections into your database mydb

>use mydb
switched to db mydb
>show collections
mycol
mycollection
system.indexes
tutorialspoint
>

Now drop the collection with the name mycollection

>db.mycollection.drop()
true
>

Again check the list of collections into database

>show collections
mycol
system.indexes
tutorialspoint
>

drop() method will return true, if the selected collection is dropped successfully otherwise it will return false

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