---
title: "If you want to override previously set order"
description: "If you want to override previously set order (even through default\\_scope), use reorder() instead."
canonical: https://oozou.com/til/if-you-want-to-override-previously-set-order-25
locale: en
date: 2020-10-13
topic: ruby-on-rails
---

# If you want to override previously set order

> If you want to override previously set order (even through default\_scope), use reorder() instead.

Published: 2020-10-13 · Topic: [ruby on rails](https://oozou.com/til-topics/ruby-on-rails) ([markdown](https://oozou.com/til-topics/ruby-on-rails.md))

If you want to override previously set order (even through default\_scope), use reorder() instead.

E.g.

```ruby
User.order('id ASC').reorder('name DESC')
```

would ignore ordering by id completely

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