Deleting indexed nodes in Neo4j

Question

In Neo4j, if I delete an indexed node do I have to remove that node from the index first or will the index be updated automatically?

Here is a small (untested) examp

Answer 1

When you delete a node, you have to remove the index first. If you want to remove all mentions of a node from the index, see below:

    IndexManager indexManager = db.index();
    Index<Node> index = indexManager.forNodes("indexName");
    index.remove(node);