A small gem that helps to delete an ActiveRecord instance or collection with associations (skipping callbacks or validations)

Add this line to your application's Gemfile and then execute bundle install

gem 'vandal'

Vandal gem adds 2 methods to ActiveRecord::Base

Delete an ActiveRecord instance with associations even if the callbacks return false or rescue error.

class User
  has_many :followers # Does not even contain dependent: :destroy
end

User.find_by(id: 1).vandal_destroy

Followers will deleted along with User.

Applies vandal_destroy for ActiveRecord collection

User.all.vandal_destroy_all

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kirillshevch/vandal.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.