Removing a Single Document from a Collection

You can delete a single document from a database by using the findAndRemove() method. This is very similar to the findAndModify() method in syntax and application. The following is the syntax for the findAndRemove() method:

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findAndRemove(query, sort, [options], callback)

The query parameter is a document that is used to identify the document to remove. The request matches the properties and values in the query parameter with the fields and values of the object, and only those that match the query parameter are modified.

The sort parameter is an array of [field, sort_order] pairs that specify which fields to sort on when finding the item to remove. sort_order is set to ...

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