db.removeUser()

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This version of the documentation is archived and no longer supported. To upgrade your 5.0 deployment, see the MongoDB 6.0 upgrade procedures.

Deprecated since version 2.6: Use db.dropUser() instead of db.removeUser()

Definition

db.removeUser(username)

Removes the specified username from the database.

The db.removeUser() method has the following parameter:

Parameter	Type	Description
`username`	string	The database username.

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

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

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