mongorestore

Restore MongoDB

high risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Check the URI; --drop on production destroys live data.

Safer / dry-run alternatives

mongorestore --dryRun <dir>Dry run

What it does

Restores BSON dumps. See the flags and examples below, and run `man mongorestore` for the full reference.

Common flags

Flag	Meaning
`--drop` `--drop`	Drop collections before restore⚠ Deletes existing data.

Examples

mongorestore --uri mongodb://host backup/Restore · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Databases

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man mongorestore for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.