db.dropAllUsers() (mongosh method)

Definition

db.dropAllUsers(writeConcern)

Removes all users from the current database.

Important

mongosh Method

This page documents a mongosh method. This is not the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers, such as Node.js.

For the database command, see the dropAllUsersFromDatabase command.

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

Warning

The db.dropAllUsers() method removes all users from the database.

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

Field	Type	Description
writeConcern	document	Optional. The level of write concern for the operation. See Write Concern Specification.

The db.dropAllUsers() method wraps the dropAllUsersFromDatabase command.

Compatibility

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

• MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB

• MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

Behavior

Required Access

You must have the dropUser action on a database to drop a user from that database.

Example

The following db.dropAllUsers() operation drops every user from the products database.

use products
db.dropAllUsers( {w: "majority", wtimeout: 5000} )

The n field in the results document shows the number of users removed:

{ "n" : 12, "ok" : 1 }