Delete all nodes and relationships in neo4j 1.8

Question

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1. How to delete all relationships in neo4j graph?

Answer 1

Neo4j cannot delete nodes that have a relation. You have to delete the relations before you can delete the nodes.

But, it is simple way to delete "ALL" nodes and "ALL" relationships with a simple chyper. This is the code:

MATCH (n) DETACH DELETE n

--> DETACH DELETE will remove all of the nodes and relations by Match