LARAVELJuly 3, 2026

Auto-delete stale records with the Prunable trait instead of a custom command

app/Models/AuditLog.php

php

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Prunable;

class AuditLog extends Model
{
    use Prunable;

    public function prunable(): Builder
    {
        return static::where('created_at', '<=', now()->subMonth());
    }
}

Add `Prunable` and a `prunable()` query, and `model:prune` (scheduled) deletes matching rows in chunks — no bespoke cleanup command to write and forget. The optional `pruning()` hook runs per record for side effects like deleting associated files. Use `MassPrunable` instead when you want a single delete query and don't need per-model hooks. Keeps housekeeping declarative and colocated with the model.

eloquentmaintenanceschedulingdatabase

source:laravel.com/docs/eloquent