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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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.
Adding export PATH="/Users/<username>/anaconda/bin:$PATH" (or export PATH="/Users/<username>/anaconda3/bin:$PATH" if you have anaconda 3)
to my ~/.bash_profile file, fixed this issue for me.
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
After performing the very helpful suggestions from both spicyramen & jkysam without immediate success, a simple restart of my Mac was needed to make the system recognize the changes. Hope this helps someone!
To uninstall Anaconda open a terminal window:
rm -rf ~/anaconda
~/.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
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...
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
In my case (Mac High Sierra) it was installed at ~/opt/anaconda3.
This has worked for me:
conda remove --all --prefix /Users/username/anaconda/bin/python
then also remove from $PATH in .bash_profile
Source: Stackoverflow.com