Update only a specific value in a MongoDB document

To update only a specific value, use update() and in that set the new value using $set. Let us create a collection with documents −

> db.demo201.insertOne({"ClientName":"Chris Brown","ClientAge":26});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3c39ca03d395bdc21346e5")
}
> db.demo201.insertOne({"ClientName":"David Miller","ClientAge":35});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3c39d403d395bdc21346e6")
}
> db.demo201.insertOne({"ClientName":"Carol Taylor","ClientAge":28});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3c39e603d395bdc21346e7")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo201.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39ca03d395bdc21346e5"), "ClientName" : "Chris Brown", "ClientAge" : 26 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39d403d395bdc21346e6"), "ClientName" : "David Miller", "ClientAge" : 35 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39e603d395bdc21346e7"), "ClientName" : "Carol Taylor", "ClientAge" : 28 }

Following is the query to update MongoDB −

> db.demo201.update({"ClientAge":35},{$set:{"ClientName":"John Doe"}},{multi:true});
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 1 })

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo201.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39ca03d395bdc21346e5"), "ClientName" : "Chris Brown", "ClientAge" : 26 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39d403d395bdc21346e6"), "ClientName" : "John Doe", "ClientAge" : 35 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3c39e603d395bdc21346e7"), "ClientName" : "Carol Taylor", "ClientAge" : 28 }