arangosh> db.example.insert({"a" : 1}); { "_id" : "example/19988372", "_key" : "19988372", "_rev" : "_VRerA_S---" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3 }); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_S--_", "_oldRev" : "_VRerA_O---" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_S--_", "d" : 3, "b" : null, "c" : null } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", { "a" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_W---", "_oldRev" : "_VRerA_S--_" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_W---", "d" : 3, "b" : null, "c" : null } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c": null, "d" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_a---", "_oldRev" : "_VRerA_W---" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_VRerA_a---" }