arangosh> db.example.insert({"a" : 1}); { "_id" : "example/15820", "_key" : "15820", "_rev" : "15820" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3 }); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "15823", "_oldRev" : "15816" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "15823", "d" : 3, "c" : null, "b" : null } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", { "a" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "15827", "_oldRev" : "15823" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "15827", "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3 } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c": null, "d" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "15831", "_oldRev" : "15827" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "15831" }