arangosh> db.example.insert({"a" : 1}); { "_id" : "example/4222787515", "_rev" : "4222787515", "_key" : "4222787515" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3 }); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223246267", "_key" : "19988371" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3, "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223246267", "_key" : "19988371" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", { "a" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223508411", "_key" : "19988371" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3, "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223508411", "_key" : "19988371" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c": null, "d" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223770555", "_key" : "19988371" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "4223770555", "_key" : "19988371" }