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Remove all data from Active Storage?

I would like to know how can I delete all data from Active Storage or even resetting Active Storage? There is any way to do that? Thank you in advance!

NOTE: I'm using Rails 5.2

Solution

  • This question challenged me, so I did some test on my dummy app with local storage.

    I have the usual model User which has_one_attached :avatar

    On local storage files are saved on /storage folder, under subfolders named randomly with a string of two characters.

    Informations related to files are stored in two tables:

    To completely clean the two tables, I did in rails console:

    ActiveStorage::Attachment.all.each { |attachment| attachment.purge }

    This command deletes

    • All record in that table: ActiveStorage::Attachment.any? #=> false
    • All the blobs: ActiveStorage::Blob.any? #=> false
    • All the files located under /storage subfolders; of course, subfolders are still there empty.

    The ActiveStorage still works poperly.

    I expect the same behaviour for remote storage, having the right privileges.