@brief removes a document `db._remove(document)` Removes a document. If there is revision mismatch, then an error is thrown. `db._remove(document, true)` Removes a document. If there is revision mismatch, then mismatch is ignored and document is deleted. The function returns *true* if the document existed and was deleted. It returns *false*, if the document was already deleted. `db._remove(document, true, waitForSync)` or `db._remove(document, {overwrite: true or false, waitForSync: true or false})` The optional *waitForSync* parameter can be used to force synchronization of the document deletion operation to disk even in case that the *waitForSync* flag had been disabled for the entire collection. Thus, the *waitForSync* parameter can be used to force synchronization of just specific operations. To use this, set the *waitForSync* parameter to *true*. If the *waitForSync* parameter is not specified or set to *false*, then the collection's default *waitForSync* behavior is applied. The *waitForSync* parameter cannot be used to disable synchronization for collections that have a default *waitForSync* value of *true*. `db._remove(document-handle, data)` As before. Instead of document a *document-handle* can be passed as first argument. @EXAMPLES Remove a document: @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{documentsCollectionRemove} ~ db._create("example"); a1 = db.example.insert({ a : 1 }); db._remove(a1); db._remove(a1); // xpError(ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_NOT_FOUND); db._remove(a1, true); ~ db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT Remove a document with a conflict: @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{documentsCollectionRemoveConflict} ~ db._create("example"); a1 = db.example.insert({ a : 1 }); a2 = db._replace(a1, { a : 2 }); db._remove(a1); // xpError(ERROR_ARANGO_CONFLICT) db._remove(a1, true); db._document(a1); // xpError(ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_NOT_FOUND) ~ db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT Remove a document using new signature: @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{documentsCollectionRemoveSignature} ~ db._create("example"); db.example.insert({ a: 1 } ); | db.example.remove("example/11265325374", { overwrite: true, waitForSync: false}) ~ db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT