Create Drop Database

With MongoDB IDE, you can create or drop database with contextual menu actions.

Create Database

MongoDB IDE provides a New Database Wizard which helps you to create a Mongo database. To use this wizard, your server must be started or connected. To open it you can :

• select a connected server and click on right button to open contextual menu actions :

• or go to the File/New/Other... and select MongoDB IDE/New Database

New Database Wizard

The New Database Wizard requires to fill connected server and database name that you wish to create :

After clicking on Finish button, database is created :

If Open editor after creating the database? option was checked, the created database is opened in the Database Editor.

Drop Database

You can drop a database with Delete action. To drop a database :

• select a database and click and click on right button to open contextual menu actions, and click on Delete action:

• a confirm message is displayed :

• if you accept the drop, database is dropped and view is refreshed :

NOTE : you can select several databases if you wish to delete it.