arangosh> db.example.remove(db.example.byExample({ name: "John Doe" }).toArray()[0]._id) true arangosh> db.example.toArray() [ { "Hello" : "World", "_id" : "example/465695627", "_rev" : "465695627", "_key" : "465695627" }, { "age" : 31, "name" : "Jane Smith", "_id" : "example/466285451", "_rev" : "466285451", "_key" : "466285451" } ]