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# mongoc_collection_delete_many()

## Synopsis

    bool
    mongoc_collection_delete_many (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                                   const bson_t *selector,
                                   const bson_t *opts,
                                   bson_t *reply,
                                   bson_error_t *error);

## Parameters

- `collection`: A mongoc_collection_t.
- `selector`: A `bson_t` containing the query to match documents.
- `reply`: Optional. An uninitialized `bson_t` populated with the delete result, or `NULL`.
- `error`: An optional location for a bson_error_t or `NULL`.

`opts` may be NULL or a BSON document with additional command options:

- `writeConcern`: Construct a mongoc_write_concern_t and use mongoc_write_concern_append() to add the write concern to `opts`. See the example code for mongoc_client_write_command_with_opts().
- `sessionId`: First, construct a mongoc_client_session_t with mongoc_client_start_session(). You can begin a transaction with mongoc_client_session_start_transaction(), optionally with a mongoc_transaction_opt_t that overrides the options inherited from `collection`, and use mongoc_client_session_append() to add the session to `opts`. See the example code for mongoc_client_session_t.
- `validate`: Construct a bitwise-or of all desired `bson_validate_flags_t`. Set to `false` to skip client-side validation of the provided BSON documents.
- `collation`: Configure textual comparisons. See Setting Collation Order, and the MongoDB Manual entry on Collation. Collation requires MongoDB 3.2 or later, otherwise an error is returned.

## Description

This function removes all documents in the given `collection` that match `selector`.

To delete at most one matching document, use mongoc_collection_delete_one().

If you pass a non-NULL `reply`, it is filled out with the field “deletedCount”. If there is a server error then `reply` contains either a “writeErrors” array with one subdocument or a “writeConcernErrors” array. The reply must be freed with `bson_destroy()`.

## Errors

Errors are propagated via the `error` parameter.

## Returns

Returns `true` if successful. Returns `false` and sets `error` if there are invalid arguments or a server or network error.

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