Method: Mongo::Collection#delete_many

Defined in:
lib/mongo/collection.rb

#delete_many(filter = nil, options = {}) ⇒ Result

Remove documents from the collection.

Examples:

Remove multiple documents from the collection.

collection.delete_many

Parameters:

  • filter (Hash) (defaults to: nil) —

    The filter to use.

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    The options.

Options Hash (options):

  • :collation (Hash) —

    The collation to use.

  • :session (Session) —

    The session to use.

  • :hint (Hash | String) —

    The index to use for this operation. May be specified as a Hash (e.g. { _id: 1 }) or a String (e.g. “id”).

  • :timeout_ms (Integer) —

    The operation timeout in milliseconds. Must be a non-negative integer. An explicit value of 0 means infinite. The default value is unset which means the value is inherited from the collection or the database or the client.

  • :let (Hash) —

    Mapping of variables to use in the command. See the server documentation for details.

Returns:

  • (Result) —

    The response from the database.

Since:

  • 2.1.0



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# File 'lib/mongo/collection.rb', line 994

def delete_many(filter = nil, options = {})
  find(filter, options).delete_many(options)
end