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MongoDB Cheat Sheet

Maxime Beugnet5 min read • Published Jan 31, 2022 • Updated Sep 29, 2023
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First steps in the MongoDB World? This cheat sheet is filled with some handy tips, commands, and quick references to get you connected and CRUD'ing in no time!
  • Get a free MongoDB cluster in MongoDB Atlas.
  • Follow a course in MongoDB University.

Updates

  • September 2023: Updated for MongoDB 7.0.

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Connect via

mongosh

Helpers

Show Databases

Switch Database

Show Collections

Run JavaScript File

CRUD

Create

Read

Update

Delete

Databases and Collections

Drop

Create Collection

Other Collection Functions

Indexes

List Indexes

Create Indexes

Drop Indexes

Hide/Unhide Indexes

Handy commands

Change Streams

Replica Set

Sharded Cluster

Wrap-up

I hope you liked my little but - hopefully - helpful cheat sheet. Of course, this list isn't exhaustive at all. There are a lot more commands, but I'm sure you will find them in the MongoDB documentation.
If you feel like I forgot a critical command in this list, please send me a tweet and I will make sure to fix it.
Check out our free courses on MongoDB University if you are not too sure what some of the above commands are doing.
If you have questions, please head to our developer community website where the MongoDB engineers and the MongoDB community will help you build your next big idea with MongoDB.

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