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Usage

You can use the firestoreDelete function to delete a document from a collection. The only required parameter is a function returning the path to the document you want to delete. 
const deletePost = firestoreDelete('posts')

// Delete the document
const postId = 'post-id-1'
await deletePost(postId)

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Return Value

The return value of firestoreDelete is a function that returns a Promise that resolves to void.

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Recursion

When you delete a document, all subcollections are not automatically deleted. You can use the firestoreDelete function to delete a document and all of its subcollections. 
// Recursively delete all subcollections
const deletePost = firestoreDelete('posts', { recursive: true })

const postId = 'post-id-1'
await deletePost(postId)
This can be useful if posts have comments and you want to delete all comments when a post is deleted.
  • You can see the implementation of firestoreDelete here.
  • Review more information on deleting data from Firestore here.
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