Docs Home / MongoDB Manual MongoDB CRUD Operations CRUD operations create, read, update, and delete documents.
You can connect with driver methods and perform CRUD operations for deployments hosted in the following environments:
You can perform CRUD operations in the UI for deployments hosted in MongoDB Atlas.
Create Operations Create or insert operations add new documents to a collection. If the collection does not currently exist, insert operations will create the collection.
MongoDB provides the following methods to insert documents into a collection:
db.collection.insertOne() New in version 3.2
db.collection.insertMany() New in version 3.2
In MongoDB, insert operations target a single collection. All write operations in
MongoDB are atomic on the level of a single document.
The components of a MongoDB insertOne operations.
For examples, see Insert Documents.
Read Operations Read operations retrieve documents from a collection; i.e. query a collection for documents. MongoDB provides the following methods to read documents from a collection:
db.collection.find()
You can specify query filters or criteria that identify the documents to return.
The components of a MongoDB find operation.
For examples, see:
Query Documents
Query on Embedded/Nested Documents
Query an Array
Query an Array of Embedded Documents
Update Operations Update operations modify existing documents in a collection. MongoDB provides the following methods to update documents of a collection:
db.collection.updateOne() New in version 3.2
db.collection.updateMany() New in version 3.2
db.collection.replaceOne() New in version 3.2
In MongoDB, update operations target a single collection. All write operations in
MongoDB are atomic on the level of a single document.
You can specify criteria, or filters, that identify the documents to update. These filters use the same syntax as read operations. The components of a MongoDB updateMany operation. For examples, see Update Documents.
Delete Operations Delete operations remove documents from a collection. MongoDB provides the following methods to delete documents of a collection:
db.collection.deleteOne() New in version 3.2
db.collection.deleteMany() New in version 3.2
In MongoDB, delete operations target a single collection. All write operations in
MongoDB are atomic on the level of a single document.
You can specify criteria, or filters, that identify the documents to remove. These filters use the same syntax as read operations.
The components of a MongoDB deleteMany operation.
For examples, see Delete Documents.
Bulk Write MongoDB provides the ability to perform write operations in bulk. For details, see Bulk Write Operations.
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