Syntax error What is the difference between deleteOne() and findOneAndDelete() operation in MongoDB?

What is the difference between deleteOne() and findOneAndDelete() operation in MongoDB?



The findOneAndDelete() deletes single documents from the collection on the basis of a filter and sort criteria as well as it returns the deleted document.

The deleteOne() removes single document from the collection.

Let us see an example and create a collection with documents −

> db.demo448.insertOne({"Name":"Chris","Age":21});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e7a291cbbc41e36cc3caeca")
}
> db.demo448.insertOne({"Name":"David","Age":23});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e7a2926bbc41e36cc3caecb")
}
> db.demo448.insertOne({"Name":"Bob","Age":22});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e7a2930bbc41e36cc3caecc")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo448.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a291cbbc41e36cc3caeca"), "Name" : "Chris", "Age" : 21 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a2926bbc41e36cc3caecb"), "Name" : "David", "Age" : 23 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a2930bbc41e36cc3caecc"), "Name" : "Bob", "Age" : 22 }

Following is the query to implement deleteOne() −

> db.demo448.deleteOne({_id:ObjectId("5e7a2926bbc41e36cc3caecb")});

This will produce the following output −

{ "acknowledged" : true, "deletedCount" : 1 }

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo448.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a291cbbc41e36cc3caeca"), "Name" : "Chris", "Age" : 21 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a2930bbc41e36cc3caecc"), "Name" : "Bob", "Age" : 22 }

Following is the query to implement findOneAndDelete() −

> db.demo448.findOneAndDelete({"_id":ObjectId("5e7a2930bbc41e36cc3caecc")});

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a2930bbc41e36cc3caecc"), "Name" : "Bob", "Age" : 22 }

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo448.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a291cbbc41e36cc3caeca"), "Name" : "Chris", "Age" : 21 }
Updated on: 2020-05-11T08:59:12+05:30

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