Remove multiple documents from mongo in a single query

Question

I have a list of mongo \'_id\' which I want to delete. Currently I am doing this

# inactive_users -->  list of inactive users 
for item in inactive_users:         


        

Answer 1

You need to pass the ids in a specific format using ObjectId():

db.users.remove({_id: {$in: [ObjectId('Item1'), ObjectId('Item2'), ObjectId('Item2')]}});

Remove doesn't accept integer - you have to use ObjectId instance with _id format as a string.