MongoDB delete user 2017-08-04 09:16
If MongoDB does not enable auth you can delete user without authorisation. If MongoDB enables auth you need to make sure you are userAdmin or userAdminAnyDatabase role before deleting the user. User following command to delete the user.
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.getUsers()
[
{
"_id" : "admin.user_read",
"user" : "user_read",
"db" : "admin",
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "read",
"db" : "MyDB"
}
]
},
{
"_id" : "admin.user_read_write",
"user" : "user_read_write",
"db" : "admin",
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "readWrite",
"db" : "MyDB"
}
]
},
]
> db.dropUser("user_read")
true
EOF