// Deletes multiple documents from a collection by using the Go driver package main import ( "context" "fmt" "log" "os" "github.com/joho/godotenv" "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson" "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo" "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options" ) func main() { if err := godotenv.Load(); err != nil { log.Println("No .env file found") } var uri string if uri = os.Getenv("MONGODB_URI"); uri == "" { log.Fatal("You must set your 'MONGODB_URI' environment variable. See\n\t https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/go/current/usage-examples/#environment-variable") } client, err := mongo.Connect(options.Client().ApplyURI(uri)) if err != nil { panic(err) } defer func() { if err = client.Disconnect(context.TODO()); err != nil { panic(err) } }() // begin deleteMany coll := client.Database("sample_mflix").Collection("movies") filter := bson.D{{"runtime", bson.D{{"$gt", 800}}}} // Deletes all documents that have a "runtime" value greater than 800 results, err := coll.DeleteMany(context.TODO(), filter) if err != nil { panic(err) } // end deleteMany // Prints the number of deleted documents fmt.Printf("Documents deleted: %d\n", results.DeletedCount) // When you run this file for the first time, it should print: // Documents deleted: 4 }