Force Unreal Engine Actor Component Destruction from Blueprints

Utils.cpp

#include "TUtils.h"

// Unreal Engine includes
#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

void UUtils::ForceDestroyComponent(UActorComponent* ActorComponent)
{
  if (ActorComponent && ActorComponent->IsValidLowLevel())
  {
    ActorComponent->DestroyComponent();
  }
}

Utils.hpp

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "Kismet/BlueprintFunctionLibrary.h"
#include "Utils.generated.h"

// forward declarations
class UActorComponent;
  
UCLASS() class TUTILS_API UUtils : public UBlueprintFunctionLibrary
{
  GENERATED_BODY()
public: 
  static void ForceDestroyComponent(UActorComponent* ActorComponent);
};