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Created by Guest
Created on Oct 27, 2020

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please offer a way to delete the content of a collection

I wish there were a way to allow a user to delete the contents of a collection within a database, that allows the collection to continue. Essentially I want an easy way to empty a collection to allow new data to be filled in its place.
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  • Guest
    Dec 10, 2020
    Hi Andrew, What about in old Mlab GUI "Delete all documents in collection" option? It is possible to truncate collection without dropping it? regards, Tomasz
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  • Guest
    Oct 28, 2020
    Hi Cameron, One "odd" thing about a collection in MongoDB is that the collection doesn't really exist when there's no data in it. Out of curiosity, what's the overall challenge here; in other words why can't you just start inserting data back into the collection namespace and be on your way? I have a feeling the issue may boil own to the index configuration on that collection: if so that does make some sense. Appreciate any more color you can provide. Thanks -Andrew
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