How to uninstall Anaconda completely from macOS

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How can I completely uninstall Anaconda from MacOS Sierra and revert back to the original Python  I have tried using conda-clean -yes but that doesn t work  I also remove the stuff in    bash profile but it still uses the Anaconda python and I can still run the conda command

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In my case  Mac High Sierra  it was installed at   opt anaconda3   https   docs anaconda com anaconda install uninstall

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The following line doesn t work  rm -rf   anaconda3   You should know where your anaconda3 or anaconda1  anaconda2  is installed  So write which anaconda  output output  somewhere  Now use that somewhere and run  rm -rf somewhere

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To remove the configs   conda install anaconda-clean anaconda-clean --yes   Once the configs are removed you can delete the anaconda install folder  which is usually under your home dir   rm -rf   anaconda3   Also  the anaconda-clean --yes command creates a backup in your home directory of the format    anaconda backup  lt timestamp gt   Make sure to delete that one also     EDIT  v5 2 0   Now if you want to clean all  you will also have to delete the two last lines added to your  bash profile  They look like     added by Anaconda3 5 2 0 installer export PATH   Users ody anaconda3 bin  PATH

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This is one more place that anaconda had an entry that was breaking my python install after removing Anaconda  Hoping this helps someone else   If you are using yarn  I found this entry in my  yarn rc file in    username   python   Users someone anaconda3 bin python3   removing this line fixed one last place needed for complete removal  I am not sure how that entry was added but it helped

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The official instructions seem to be here  https   docs anaconda com anaconda install uninstall   but if you like me that didn t work for some reason and for some reason your conda was installed somewhere else with telling you do this   rm -rf   opt   I have no idea why it was saved there but that s what did it for me     This was useful to me in fixing my conda installation  if that is the reason you are uninstalling it in the first place like me   https   stackoverflow com a 60902863 1601580 that ended up fixing it for me  Not sure why conda was acting weird in the first place or installing things wrongly in the first place though

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This has worked for me   conda remove --all --prefix  Users username anaconda bin python   then also remove from  PATH in  bash profile

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After performing the very helpful suggestions from both spicyramen  amp  jkysam without immediate success  a simple restart of my Mac was needed to make the system recognize the changes  Hope this helps someone

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Open the terminal and remove your entire Anaconda directory  which will have a name such as    anaconda2    or    anaconda3     by entering the following command  rm -rf   anaconda3  Then remove conda with command  conda uninstall  https   conda io docs commands conda-uninstall html

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Adding export PATH   Users  lt username gt  anaconda bin  PATH   or export PATH   Users  lt username gt  anaconda3 bin  PATH  if you have anaconda 3  to my    bash profile file  fixed this issue for me

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To uninstall Anaconda open a terminal window    Remove the entire anaconda installation directory      rm -rf   anaconda    Edit    bash profile  and remove the anaconda directory from your PATH environment variable    Note  You may need to edit  bashrc and or  profile files instead of  bash profile   Remove the following hidden files and directories   which may have been created in the home directory     condarc  conda    continuum     Use   rm -rf    condarc    conda    continuum

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