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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T17:52:28+00:00 2026-06-10T17:52:28+00:00

When you define an association in Rails, it creates some methods on that association

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When you define an association in Rails, it creates some methods on that association for you. For example, consider the following:

class Person
  has_many :friends
end

One of the methods you get is person.friends.clear

How can I remove this method such that person.friends.clear would raise a NoMethodError?

Note: I have tried a few things, including undef_method and remove_method without luck. Please only provide known answers and not guesses.

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    2026-06-10T17:52:29+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 5:52 pm

    Though I didnt try it myself but could would pls check if the following works

    has_many :friends do
        def clear 
           raise NoMethodError, "Some reason text"
        end     
    end
    
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