Database
mongorestore
Restores MongoDB data from mongodump backups
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Verified: 2026-05-13
Syntax
$mongorestore [options] <dump-dir|archive>
Optionen
--db
--drop
--archive
--nsInclude
Examples
$mongorestore --db database /backup/path/database
$mongorestore --drop /backup/path
$mongorestore --archive=backup.archive
See also
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
mongorestore --help
Note
Useful for full restores and selective namespace recovery.
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