Python MongoDB Drop Collection — Python interactive lesson

Delete Collection

You can delete a table, or collection as it is called in MongoDB, by using the drop() method.

Example

Delete the "customers" collection:

import pymongo
myclient = pymongo.MongoClient("mongodb://localhost:27017/")
mydb = myclient["mydatabase"]
mycol = mydb["customers"]
mycol.drop()

The drop() method returns true if the collection was dropped successfully, and false if the collection does not exist.