Easy way to remove relationships by ID in Neo4j Cypher?

Question

Using Match and Where can I delete relationships by ID.

Match ()-[r]-() Where ID(r)=1 Delete r 

Is there an easier way?

Answer 1

Using the old syntax, but which will be removed in a future version.

 start r=rel(id) delete r; 

Answer 2

I use

 MATCH ()-[r]-() WHERE id(r)=49 DELETE r