How to remove columns in Rails 5

July 2019

To remove a column from a table in Rails 5, run the following migration:

rails g migration RemoveFieldNameFromTableName field_name:datatype

Make sure to change the migration to use your column and table name. For instance,

rails g migration RemoveTitleFromPosts title:string

This will generate the following migration:

              class RemoveTitleFromPosts < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
  def change
    remove_column :posts, :title, :string
  end
end

            

Then run rails db:migrate.

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