Removing the array element in mongoDB based on the position of element

Question

Actually I need to remove an element from the array based on its position. Using $pop we can remove element from top or bottom (considering it as a stack. 0th element at top

Answer 1

Here's your answer MongoDB pull array element from a collection

To remove specific element from an array of some document first you need to identify this element. For instance I have a document with array and every element of this array is an object:

`{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5140f34888dd50971900002d"),
    "_permissions" : {
        "edit" : [
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong(123),
                "comment" : "app/project owner"
            },
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong("153579099841888257"),
                "comment" : "project admin"
            },
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong("153579095869882369"),
                "comment" : "project admin"
            }
        ],
        "view" : [
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong(123),
                "comment" : "app/project owner"
            },
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong("153579099841888257"),
                "comment" : "project admin"
            },
            {
                "profile_id" : NumberLong("153579095869882369"),
                "comment" : "project admin"
            }
        ]
    }
}`

So let's remove "profile_id" with "153579099841888257" value from "_permissions.view" array. Here we go

`db.collection.update({_id: ObjectId("5140f34888dd50971900002d")}, {$pull:{"_permissions.view": {"profile_id": NumberLong("153579099841888257")}}});`

1. I define scope of the object (to make sure id doesn't affect any other first found document)
2. Identify needed element to pull out: "profile_id" with "153579099841888257" value in the "_permissions.view" array