Python Mongodb Delete_one() (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025

Mongodb is a very popular cross-platform document-oriented, NoSQL(stands for "not only SQL") database program, written in C++. It stores data in JSON format(as key-value pairs), which makes it easy to use. MongoDB can run over multiple servers, balancing the load to keep the system up and run in case of hardware failure.

Connecting to a Database

Step 1 – Establishing Connection: Port number Default: 27017

conn = MongoClient(‘localhost’, port-number)

If using default port-number i.e. 27017. Alternate connection method:

conn = MongoClient()

Step 2 – Create Database or Switch to Existing Database:

db = conn.dabasename

Create a collection or Switch to an existing collection:

collection = db.collection_name

Deleting document from Collection or Database

In MongoDB, a single document can be deleted by the method delete_one(). The first parameter of the method would be a query object which defines the document to be deleted. If there are multiple documents matching the filter query, only the first appeared document would be deleted.

Note: Deleting a document is the same as deleting a record in the case of SQL.

Consider the sample database:

Examples:

Python `

Python program to demonstrate

delete_one

import pymongo

creating Mongoclient object to

create database with the specified

connection URL

students = pymongo.MongoClient('localhost', 27017)

connecting to a database with

name GFG

Db = students["GFG"]

connecting to a collection with

name Geeks

coll = Db["Geeks"]

creating query object

myQuery ={'Class':'2'} coll.delete_one(myQuery)

print collection after deletion:

for x in coll.find(): print(x)

`

Output :

'_id': 2.0, 'Name': 'Golu', 'Class': '3'} {'_id': 3.0, 'Name': 'Raja', 'Class': '4'} {'_id': 4.0, 'Name': 'Moni', 'Class': '5'}

MongoDB Shell: