Delete graph

[amaster507 (Anthony Master)]

so you are using: https://dgraph.io/docs/clients/java/#altering-the-database ?

I am wondering if maybe you are being blocked by:

An alter operation will also fail if one is already in progress with an error schema is already being modified. Please retry . Though, mutations can be successfully executed while indexing is going on.

So indexing should not block you, but an ongoing schema update would.

But maybe this will add some more context to what you are trying to achieve:

How to drop predicate data

@JimWen The data won’t be removed from disk when you drop/delete anything. The delete operation is logical which means a new entry with delete marker will be added and it will be eventually removed (along with the older keys) by compaction/garbage collection. In simple words, the disk usage won’t be affected instantly by the drop operation. As for the data showing up in the /state endpoint, that shouldn’t happen. Which version of dgraph are you using? Can you share some logs? It might be possib…