MongoDB: db.dropUser() method

db.dropUser()

The db.dropUser() method is used to removes the user form the current database.

Syntax:

db.dropUser(username, writeConcern)

Parameters:

Before dropping a user who has the userAdminAnyDatabase role, ensure you have at least another user with user administration privileges.

Example: MongoDB: db.dropUser() method

The user mynewuser in the test database.

> db.getUser("mynewuser");
{
        "_id" : "test.mynewuser",
        "user" : "mynewuser",
        "db" : "test",
        "roles" : [
                {
                        "role" : "read",
                        "db" : "assets"
                },
                {
                        "role" : "read",
                        "db" : "orders"
                },
                {
                        "role" : "readWrite",
                        "db" : "test"
                }
        ],
        "customData" : {
                "employeeId" : "0x3039"
        }
}

The following db.dropUser() operation drops the mynewuser user on the test database.

use test
db.dropUser("mynewuser", {w: "majority", wtimeout: 4000})

Output:

> db.dropUser("mynewuser", {w: "majority", wtimeout: 4000});
true

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