arangosh> db.example.insert({"a" : 1}); { "_id" : "example/19988372", "_key" : "19988372", "_rev" : "_WnWW98K--B" } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", ........> { "b" : null, "c" : null, "d" : 3 }); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "_WnWW98K--D", "_oldRev" : "_WnWW98K--_" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_WnWW98K--D", "d" : 3, "b" : null, "c" : null } arangosh> db.example.update("example/19988371", { "a" : null }, false, false); { "_id" : "example/19988371", "_key" : "19988371", "_rev" : "_WnWW98O--_", "_oldRev" : "_WnWW98K--D" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_WnWW98O--_", "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" : "_WnWW98O--B", "_oldRev" : "_WnWW98O--_" } arangosh> db.example.document("example/19988371"); { "_key" : "19988371", "_id" : "example/19988371", "_rev" : "_WnWW98O--B" }