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db.dropAllRoles()

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  • Definition
  • Compatibility
  • Behavior
  • Required Access
  • Example

Definition

db.dropAllRoles( writeConcern )

Deletes all user-defined roles on the database where you run the method.

Warning

The db.dropAllRoles() method removes all user-defined roles from the database.

Important

mongosh Method

This page documents a mongosh method. This is not the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers, such as Node.js.

For the database command, see the dropAllRolesFromDatabase command.

For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.

The db.dropAllRoles() method takes the following argument:

Field
Type
Description
writeConcern
document

Optional. The level of write concern for the operation. See Write Concern Specification.

Returns:The number of user-defined roles dropped.

Compatibility

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

Important

This command is not supported in 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

Behavior

Replica set

If run on a replica set, db.dropAllRoles() is executed using "majority" write concern by default.

Required Access

You must have the dropRole action on a database to drop a role from that database.

Example

The following operations drop all user-defined roles from the products database and uses a write concern of majority.

use products
db.dropAllRoles( { w: "majority" } )

The method returns the number of roles dropped:

4

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