How can I rename a collection in MongoDB?

Question

Is there a dead easy way to rename a collection in mongo? Something like:

db.originalCollectionName.rename(\'newCollectionName\');

And if

Answer 1

You can use the following syntax to rename an existing collection in MongoDB.

db.originalCollectionName.renameCollection('newCollectionName')

For instance, if your existing collection name is 'demo' and want to rename to 'demo_updated' then, the query would be as follows:-

db.demo.renameCollection('demo_updated')

Thanks!