How to remove a field from a collection in mongoDB?
How to remove a field from a collection in mongoDB? By this query you can remove a field from whole collection in mongoDB db.colleciton.update( // where query like: where active="yes" { "active" : "yes" }, // will remove Name field from current collection { $unset: {"Name":""} }, // options { "multi" : true // update all document } ); or you can copy and paste this code above code is with comment that how mongoDB query works db.colleciton.update( { "active" : "yes" }, { $unset: {"Name":""} }, { "multi" : true } );