How do you rename a MongoDB database?

Question

There's a typo in my MongoDB database name and I'm looking to rename the database.

I can copy and delete like so...

db.copyDatabase('old_name', 'new_name'); 

use old_name 

db.dropDatabase();

Is there a command to rename a database?

Answer 1

For renaming a MongoDB database you can use the following way:- 

db.copyDatabase("db_to_rename","db_renamed","localhost") 

use db_to_rename 

db.dropDatabase();

Answer 2

You could do this:

db.copyDatabase("db_to_rename","db_renamed","localhost")

use db_to_rename

db.dropDatabase();