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Installing the Database Tools on Windows

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The MongoDB Database Tools are a suite of command-line utilities for working with MongoDB. Use this guide to install the Database Tools on the Windows platform.

You can use the MongoDB Database Tools to migrate from a self-hosted deployment to MongoDB Atlas. MongoDB Atlas is the fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud. To learn more, see Seed with mongorestore. To learn all the ways you can migrate to MongoDB Atlas, see Migrate or Import Data.

Starting with MongoDB 4.4, the MongoDB Database Tools are now released separately from the MongoDB Server and use their own versioning, with an initial version of 100.0.0. Previously, these tools were released alongside the MongoDB Server and used matching versioning.

For documentation on the MongoDB 4.2 or earlier versions of these tools, reference the MongoDB Server Documentation for that version of the tool:

Note

Quick links to older documentation

MongoDB Database Tools version 100.9.0 supports the following versions of the MongoDB server:

  • MongoDB 7.0

  • MongoDB 6.0

  • MongoDB 5.0

  • MongoDB 4.4

  • MongoDB 4.2

While the tools may work on earlier versions of MongoDB server, any such compatibility is not guaranteed.

The MongoDB Database Tools version 100.9.0 are supported on:

  • Windows 8 and later

  • Windows Server 2012 and later

The MongoDB Database Tools can be installed with an MSI installer, or downloaded as a ZIP archive. Select the tab below depending on your desired installation method:

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