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db.dropRole()

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db.dropRole( rolename, writeConcern )

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

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 operation. See Write Concern Specification.

The db.dropRole() method wraps the dropRole command.

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

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

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

use products
db.dropRole( "readPrices", { w: "majority" } )
←  db.createRole()db.dropAllRoles() →