ActsAsParanoid/acts_as_paranoid

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1508 stars · 194 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Ruby on Rails plugin that adds soft-delete functionality to ActiveRecord models, hiding records instead of deleting them so they can be restored later. It works via a configurable deleted_at column and provides scopes to query deleted or non-deleted records.

Use cases

• soft delete records in rails
• recover deleted database records
• hide records without actually deleting them
• add deleted_at column to activerecord models
• query only deleted records
• restore soft-deleted rows
• implement trash/undo for rails models

When to choose

• you use Rails 6.1+ with ActiveRecord and need recoverable deletions
• you want a simple, mature soft-delete gem with time-window scopes
• you need configurable deletion column types (boolean, time, string)

When to avoid

• your models use ActiveStorage (known SystemStackError issue)
• you need to create models in a deleted state or update them after deletion
• you're on Rails 6.0 or Ruby 3.0 or earlier
• you need hard-delete guarantees for compliance/privacy

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orm database plugin-system databases web-development backend developer-tools ruby jvm soft-delete activerecord rails-plugin data-recovery paranoid-deletion web-server

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