How to remove object from array in MongoDB?

You can use $pull operator to remove the object from an array in MongoDB. To understand the concept, let us create a collection with the document. The query to create a collection with a document is as follows −

> db.removeObjectFromArrayDemo.insertOne(
... {
   ...
   ... "StudentName": "John",
   ... "StudentAcademicProjectDetails":
   ... [{
         ... "StudentProjectId": 101,
         ... "StudentProjectName": "Pig Dice Game"
      ... },
      ... {
         ... "StudentProjectId": 110,
         ... "StudentProjectName": "Library Management System"
      ... },
      ...
      ... {
         ... "StudentProjectId": 120,
         ... "StudentProjectName": "Phonebook Management System"
      ... }
   ... ]
   ... }
... );
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c8ad13d6cea1f28b7aa0817")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method. The query is as follows −

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

The following is the output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c8ad13d6cea1f28b7aa0817"),
   "StudentName" : "John",
   "StudentAcademicProjectDetails" : [
      {
         "StudentProjectId" : 101,
         "StudentProjectName" : "Pig Dice Game"
      },
      {
         "StudentProjectId" : 110,
         "StudentProjectName" : "Library Management System"
      },
      {
         "StudentProjectId" : 120,
         "StudentProjectName" : "Phonebook Management System"
      }
   ]
}

Here is the query to remove the object from an array in MongoDB −

> db.removeObjectFromArrayDemo.update(
   ... {'_id': ObjectId("5c8ad13d6cea1f28b7aa0817")},
   ... { $pull: { "StudentAcademicProjectDetails" : { StudentProjectId: 101 } } },
   ... false,
   ... true
... );
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 1 })

Let us check the documents from collection to check the object has been removed from an array or not. The query is as follows −

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

The following is the output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c8ad13d6cea1f28b7aa0817"),
   "StudentName" : "John",
   "StudentAcademicProjectDetails" : [
      {
         "StudentProjectId" : 110,
         "StudentProjectName" : "Library Management System"
      },
      {
         "StudentProjectId" : 120,
         "StudentProjectName" : "Phonebook Management System"
      }
   ]
}

Look at the above sample output, the field “StudentProjectId” with 101 has been removed.