MongoDB Drop Collection

In this post, we will see how to drop a collection using MongoDB.

The drop() Method

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

Syntax

The basic syntax of drop() command is as follows −

db.COLLECTION_NAME.drop()

Example

First, check the available collections into your database mydb.

> show collections
mycollection
posts

Now drop the collection with the name mycollection.

> db.mycollection.drop()
true

Again check the list of collections into the database.

> show collections
posts

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

Summary

The below diagram shows the summary of all the commands used in this post: