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Syntax
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Definition

logout

Deprecated since version 5.0.

Attempting to use the logout command will write an error message to the log once per logout attempt.

This command will be removed in a future release.

Note

This command was used when you could log in as multiple users on a single physical connection. Because this is no longer possible, running logout may cause connections to fail. Going forward, you can achieve the same results by closing your connection.

Compatibility

This command 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 command has the following syntax:

db.runCommand(
   {
     logout: 1
   }
)

Example

Note

If you're not logged in and using authentication, logout has no effect.

Because MongoDB allows users defined in one database to have privileges on another database, you must call logout while using the same database context that you authenticated to.

If you authenticated to a database such as users or $external, you must issue logout against this database in order to successfully log out.

Example

Use the use <database-name> helper in mongosh, or the following db.getSiblingDB() method in an interactive mongosh session or in mongosh shell scripts to change the db object:

db = db.getSiblingDB('<database-name>')

When you have set the database context and db object, you can use the logout to log out of database as in the following operation:

db.runCommand( { logout: 1 } )

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