Bulk delete records in Salesforce using an Apex batch job

DeleteRecordsBatchable.cls

// Example use:
// First edit code below and replace ###ObjectName### with Contact
// Then execute in the Developer Console | Debug | Open Execute Anonymous Window
// DeleteRecordsBatchable batchable = new DeleteRecordsBatchable('SELECT Id FROM Contact WHERE Name = \'DeleteMe\'');
// Id batchId = Database.executeBatch(batchable, 10);

global class DeleteRecordsBatchable implements Database.Batchable<sObject> { // created to bulk delete records - use with care!
    
    // Fields
    global final String Query;
    
    // Constructor
    global DeleteRecordsBatchable(String q) {
        Query = q;
    }
    
    // Start
    global Database.QueryLocator start(Database.BatchableContext bc) {
        return Database.getQueryLocator(query);
    }
 
    // Execute
    global void execute
        ( Database.BatchableContext bc 
        , List<###ObjectName###> scope
        ) {
        delete scope;
    }
    
    // Finish
    global void finish(Database.BatchableContext bc) {}
}