diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java
index a58e7e3c1..d30c6504f 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java
@@ -657,11 +657,19 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	WriteResult updateMulti(Query query, Update update, String collectionName);
 
 	/**
-	 * Remove the given object from the collection by Id
+	 * Remove the given object from the collection by id.
 	 * 
 	 * @param object
 	 */
 	void remove(Object object);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes the given object from the given collection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param object
+	 * @param collection must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	void remove(Object object, String collection);
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove all documents that match the provided query document criteria from the the collection used to store the
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index c7d787297..d5dec787a 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -809,7 +809,50 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		remove(new Query(where(getIdPropertyName(object)).is(getIdValue(object))), object.getClass());
+		remove(getIdQueryFor(object), object.getClass());
+	}
+	
+	public void remove(Object object, String collection) {
+		
+		Assert.hasText(collection);
+		
+		if (object == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		remove(getIdQueryFor(object), collection);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link Query} for the given entity by its id.
+	 * 
+	 * @param object must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Query getIdQueryFor(Object object) {
+		
+		Assert.notNull(object);
+		
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(object.getClass());
+		MongoPersistentProperty idProp = entity.getIdProperty();
+
+		if (idProp == null) {
+			throw new MappingException("No id property found for object of type " + entity.getType().getName());
+		}
+
+		ConversionService service = mongoConverter.getConversionService();
+		Object idProperty = null;
+
+		try {
+			
+			idProperty = BeanWrapper.create(object, service).getProperty(idProp, Object.class, true);
+			return new Query(where(idProp.getFieldName()).is(idProperty));
+			
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+			throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+			throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public <T> void remove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass) {
@@ -1135,35 +1178,6 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse, entityClass), collectionName);
 	}
 
-	protected Object getIdValue(Object object) {
-
-		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(object.getClass());
-		MongoPersistentProperty idProp = entity.getIdProperty();
-
-		if (idProp == null) {
-			throw new MappingException("No id property found for object of type " + entity.getType().getName());
-		}
-
-		ConversionService service = mongoConverter.getConversionService();
-
-		try {
-			return BeanWrapper.create(object, service).getProperty(idProp, Object.class, true);
-		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-			throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
-		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-			throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected String getIdPropertyName(Object object) {
-		Assert.notNull(object);
-
-		MongoPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(object.getClass());
-		MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = persistentEntity.getIdProperty();
-
-		return idProperty == null ? ID : idProperty.getName();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Populates the id property of the saved object, if it's not set already.
 	 * 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
index fbe2419fd..01466d579 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
@@ -914,6 +914,23 @@ public class MongoTemplateTests {
 		assertThat(testClassList.size(), is(1));
 		assertThat(testClassList.get(0).getMyDate(), is(testClass.getMyDate()));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATADOC-230
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void removesEntityFromCollection() {
+		
+		template.remove(new Query(), "mycollection");
+		
+		Person person = new Person("Dave");
+		
+		template.save(person, "mycollection");
+		assertThat(template.findAll(TestClass.class, "mycollection").size(), is(1));
+		
+		template.remove(person, "mycollection");
+		assertThat(template.findAll(Person.class, "mycollection").isEmpty(), is(true));
+	}
 	
 	public class TestClass {