#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use MongoDB; $db_host="xxx.xx.xx.xxx"; #Removed ip for security purposes my $client = MongoDB::MongoClient->new(host => $db_host, port => 27017); my $database = $client->get_database( 'ravi' ); my $collection1 = $database->get_collection( 'collection' ); my $removed1 = $collection1->remove({'Date'=>{'$lt'=>"14-03-2015"}}); print "\n$removed1";