How to delete or drop MongoDB database

How to delete or drop MongoDB database

In this MongoDB Tutorial, we shall learn to drop or delete a MongoDB Database.

To delete or drop a database from MongoDB, follow the below steps :

1. Select the database you want to delete with following "USE <database>" command. 

Following is the syntax of USE command : use <database_name>

2. Drop the database with following "db.dropDatabase()" command. 

Following is the syntax of dropDatabase command : db.dropDatabase()

Check all the Databases:

> show dbs;
admin      0.000GB
config     0.000GB
dev_xxxxx   0.000GB
local      0.000GB
prod_xxxxx  0.000GB
testing    0.000GB

Select the DB you want to Delete:

> use prod_xxxxx;
switched to db prod_xxxxx

DROP the Database:

> db.dropDatabase()
{ "dropped" : "prod_xxxxx", "ok" : 1 }

Check all the Databases Again:

> show dbs;
admin     0.000GB
config    0.000GB
dev_xxxxx  0.000GB
local     0.000GB
testing   0.000GB

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