How can I delete nested array element in a mongodb document with the c# driver

Question

I am new in the MongoDB world and now I am struggling of how can I delete, update element in a nested array field of a document. Here is my sample document:

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Answer 1

You are calling method Pull(string name, MongoDB.Bson.BsonValue value) and according to the docs it

Removes all values from the named array element that are equal to some value (see $pull)

and you provide { "Identifier", productId } as the value. I guess that mongo does not find that exact value.

Try to use the second overload of Pull with query-condition instead of exact value

Removes all values from the named array element that match some query (see $pull).

var update = Update.Pull("Products", Query.EQ("Identifier", productId));

UPDATE

Since you mention Category entity so I can suggest using lambda instead of Query.EQ:

var pull = Update.Pull(x => x.Products, builder =>
builder.Where(q => q.Identifier == productId));