$type operator -------------- Analyze the collection `video.moviesScratch`. What can you say about the `_id` field? Find those documents whose `_id` is a string (i.e., not an ObjectId). db.moviesScratch.find({_id: {$type: "string"}}) See also https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/query/type/ . Find those documents whose `_id` is an ObjectId: TODO...