arango> a1 = db.example.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "116308/3857139", "_rev" : 3857139 } arango> a2 = db.example.replace(a1, { a : 2 }); { "_id" : "116308/3857139", "_rev" : 3922675, "_oldRev" : 3857139 } arango> db.example.delete(a1); JavaScript exception in file '(arango)' at 1,18: [ArangoError 1200: conflict: cannot delete document] !db.example.delete(a1); ! ^ arango> db.example.delete(a1, true); true arango> db.example.document(a1); JavaScript exception in file '(arango)' at 1,12: [ArangoError 1202: document not found: document not found] !db.example.document(a1); ! ^