How to remove a specific element from array in MongoDB?

To remove a specific element, use $pull. Let us create a collection with documents −

> db.demo125.insertOne({"ListOfNames":["John","Chris","Bob","David","Carol"]});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e2f304068e7f832db1a7f55")
}

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

> db.demo125.find().pretty();

This will produce the following output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5e2f304068e7f832db1a7f55"),
   "ListOfNames" : [
      "John",
      "Chris",
      "Bob",
      "David",
      "Carol"
   ]
}

Following is the query to remove a specific element from array in MongoDB −

> db.demo125.update(
... { },
... { $pull: { ListOfNames: { $in: [ "David"] }} },
... { multi: true }
... )
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 1 })

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

> db.demo125.find().pretty();

This will produce the following output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5e2f304068e7f832db1a7f55"),
   "ListOfNames" : [
      "John",
      "Chris",
      "Bob",
      "Carol"
   ]
}