Deleting all nodes and relationships in neo4j using cypher exceeds heap space

Question

I have been trying to run this query as recommended in the neo4j google group and in other sources online:

START n = node(*) MATCH n-[r?]-() WHERE ID(n)>0 DELETE n, r;

Answer 1

As of Neo4j 2.3.3, a new way of removing node and relationship had been introduced. See 2.3.3 Docs.

For example, you could do:

MATCH(n) DETACH DELETE n;