mongodbHow to clear a collection in MongoDB?
To clear a collection in MongoDB, you can use the drop()
method. This will delete the collection and all of its documents.
Example
db.collection.drop()
Output example
true
The drop()
method takes no parameters and returns true if the collection was dropped successfully.
Code explanation
db
: This is the database object.collection
: This is the name of the collection to be dropped.drop()
: This is the method used to drop the collection.
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