Uninstalling Anaconda¶
To uninstall Anaconda, you can do a simple remove of the program. This will leave a few files behind, which for most users is just fine. See Option A.
If you also want to remove all traces of the configuration files and directories from Anaconda and its programs, you can download and use the Anaconda-Clean program first, then do a simple remove. See Option B.
Option A. Use simple remove to uninstall Anaconda:
- Windows
- Use Windows Explorer to delete the envs and pkgs folders prior to running the uninstall in the root of your installation.
- In the Control Panel, choose Add or Remove Programs or Uninstall a program, and then select Python 3.6 (Anaconda) or your version of Python.
- macOS
- Open the Terminal.app or iTerm2 terminal application,
and then remove your entire Anaconda directory, which has a
name such as
anaconda2
,anaconda3
, or~/opt
. Enterrm -rf ~/anaconda3
to remove the directory.
- Open the Terminal.app or iTerm2 terminal application,
and then remove your entire Anaconda directory, which has a
name such as
- Linux
- Open a terminal window, and then remove your entire
Anaconda directory, which has a name such as
anaconda2
oranaconda3
, by enteringrm -rf ~/anaconda3
.
- Open a terminal window, and then remove your entire
Anaconda directory, which has a name such as
Option B. Full uninstall using Anaconda-Clean and simple remove.
Note
Anaconda-Clean must be run before simple remove.
Install the Anaconda-Clean package from Anaconda Prompt (terminal on Linux or macOS):
conda install anaconda-clean
In the same window, run one of these commands:
Remove all Anaconda-related files and directories with a confirmation prompt before deleting each one:
anaconda-clean
Or, remove all Anaconda-related files and directories without being prompted to delete each one:
anaconda-clean --yes
Anaconda-Clean creates a backup of all files and directories that might be removed in a folder named
.anaconda_backup
in your home directory. Also note thatAnaconda-Clean
leaves your data files in the AnacondaProjects directory untouched.After using Anaconda-Clean, follow the instructions above in Option A to uninstall Anaconda.
Removing Anaconda path from .bash_profile¶
If you use Linux or macOS, you may also wish to check the .bash_profile
file in
your home directory for a line such as:
export PATH="/Users/jsmith/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
Note
Replace /Users/jsmith/anaconda3/
with your actual path.
This line adds the Anaconda path to the PATH environment variable. It may refer to either Anaconda or Miniconda. After uninstalling Anaconda, you may delete this line and save the file.