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

I found a better solution in the Neo4J knowledge base [1]:

CALL apoc.periodic.iterate(
    "MATCH (n) RETURN n",
    "DETACH DELETE n",
    {batchSize:1000}
)
YIELD batches, total RETURN batches, total

[1] - https://neo4j.com/developer/kb/large-delete-transaction-best-practices-in-neo4j/