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db.dropRole()

Definition

db.dropRole(rolename, writeConcern)

Deletes a user-defined role from the database on which you run the method.

Important

mongo Shell Method

This page documents a mongo method. This is not the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers, such as Node.js. To use the database command, see the dropRole command.

For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.

The db.dropRole() method takes the following arguments:

Parameter Type Description
rolename string The name of the user-defined role to remove from the database.
writeConcern document Optional. The level of write concern for the removal operation. The writeConcern document takes the same fields as the getLastError command.

Behavior

Replica set

If run on a replica set, db.dropRole() is executed using "majority" write concern by default.

Required Access

You must have the dropRole action on a database to drop a role from that database.

Example

The following operations remove the readPrices role from the products database:

use products
db.dropRole( "readPrices", { w: "majority" } )