# Is there a way to let Hibernate handle removal of an entry in a @ManyToMany association if I remove an entity not managing this association?

**URL:** <https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-association-if-i-remove-an-entity-not-managing-this-association/1841>\
**Category:** Hibernate ORM\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-association-if-i-remove-an-entity-not-managing-this-association/1841 "2018-12-06T12:23:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sebastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sebastiaan](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/Sebastiaan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-association-if-i-remove-an-entity-not-managing-this-association/1841/1 "2018-12-06T12:23:40Z")

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As posted on stackoverflow:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53643458/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-asso>

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**Author:** ![vlad](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.hibernate.org/vlad/32/658_2.png) [@vlad](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/vlad)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-association-if-i-remove-an-entity-not-managing-this-association/1841/2 "2018-12-06T12:41:41Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53643458/is-there-a-way-to-let-hibernate-handle-removal-of-an-entry-in-a-manytomany-asso/53651621#53651621>