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$pullAll
The
$pullAll
operator removes all instances of the specified values from an existing array. Unlike the$pull
operator that removes elements by specifying a query,$pullAll
removes elements that match the listed values.The
$pullAll
operator has the form:{ $pullAll: { <field1>: [ <value1>, <value2> ... ], ... } } To specify a
<field>
in an embedded document or in an array, use dot notation.
Behavior![](/docs/v5.2/assets/link.svg)
Starting in MongoDB 5.0, update operators process document fields with string-based names in lexicographic order. Fields with numeric names are processed in numeric order. See Update Operators Behavior for details.
If a <value>
to remove is a document or an array,
$pullAll
removes only the elements in the array that match
the specified <value>
exactly, including order.
Starting in MongoDB 5.0, mongod
no longer raises an
error when you use an update operator like $pullAll
with an empty operand expression ( { }
). An empty update results
in no changes and no oplog entry is created (meaning that the
operation is a no-op).
Examples![](/docs/v5.2/assets/link.svg)
Create the survey
collection:
db.survey.insertOne( { _id: 1, scores: [ 0, 2, 5, 5, 1, 0 ] } )
The following operation removes all instances of the values "0" and "5"
from the scores
array:
db.survey.updateOne( { _id: 1 }, { $pullAll: { scores: [ 0, 5 ] } } )
After the update, the scores
field no longer has any instances of
"0" or "5".
{ "_id" : 1, "scores" : [ 2, 1 ] }