db.dropDatabase()
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Definition
Compatibility
This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:
MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud
Note
This command is supported in all MongoDB Atlas clusters. For information on Atlas support for all commands, see Unsupported Commands.
MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB
Syntax
The db.dropDatabase() method takes an optional parameter:
Field | Description | |
|---|---|---|
writeConcern | Optional. A document expressing the write concern to use if greater than
Omit to use the default/minimum write concern of
When issued on a replica set, if the specified write concern
results in fewer member acknowledgements than write concern
When issued on a sharded cluster, MongoDB converts the specified
write concern to
See also Behavior. |
Behavior
The db.dropDatabase() wraps the dropDatabase
command.
Locks
The operation takes an exclusive (X) database lock only.
User Management
This command does not delete the
users associated with the current
database. To drop the associated users, run the
dropAllUsersFromDatabase command in the database you are
deleting.
Indexes
The db.dropDatabase() method and dropDatabase command
abort any in-progress index builds on collections in the target database
before dropping the database. Aborting an index build has the same effect as
dropping the built index.
For replica sets or shard replica sets, aborting an index on the primary
does not simultaneously abort secondary index builds. MongoDB attempts
to abort the in-progress builds for the specified indexes on the
primary and if successful creates an associated abort
oplog entry. Secondary members with
replicated in-progress builds wait for a commit or abort oplog entry
from the primary before either committing or aborting the index build.
Replica Set and Sharded Clusters
- Replica Sets
At minimum,
db.dropDatabase()waits until all collection drops in the database have propagated to a majority of the replica set members (i.e. uses the write concern"majority").You can specify a write concern to the method. If you specify a write concern that requires acknowledgment from fewer than the majority, the method uses write concern
"majority".If you specify a write concern that requires acknowledgement from more than the majority, the method uses the specified write concern.
- Sharded Clusters
When issued on a sharded cluster, MongoDB converts the specified write concern to
"majority".If you intend to create a new database with the same name as the dropped database, you must run the
dropDatabasecommand on amongos.This ensures that all cluster nodes refresh their metadata cache, which includes the location of the primary shard for the new database. Otherwise, you may miss data on reads, and may not write data to the correct shard. To recover, you must manually intervene.
Starting in MongoDB 5.0, the
dropDatabasecommand and thedb.dropDatabase()method return an error if you try to drop the admin database or the config database from amongos.Warning
Dropping the admin database or the config database can leave your cluster in an unusable state.
Change Streams
The db.dropDatabase() method and dropDatabase
command create an invalidate for any
Change Streams opened on the dropped database or opened on the
collections in the dropped database.
Example
The following example in mongosh uses the use
<database> operation to switch the current database to the temp
database and then uses the db.dropDatabase() method to drop
the temp database:
use temp db.dropDatabase()