How to remove anaconda from windows completely

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I installed Anaconda a while ago but recently decided to uninstall it and just install basic python 2 7   I removed Anaconda and deleted all the directories and installed python 2 7   But when I go to install PyGTK for Windows it says it will install it to the c  users     Anaconda directory - this doesn t even exist  I want to install it to the c  python-2 7 directory  Why does it think Anaconda is still installed  And how can I change this

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To use Uninstall-Anaconda exe in C  Users username Anaconda3  is a good way

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In the folder where you installed Anaconda  Example  C  Users username Anaconda3  there should be an executable called Uninstall-Anaconda exe  Double click on this file to start uninstall Anaconda   That should do the trick as well

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there is a start item folder in C   drive  Remove ur anaconda3 folder there  simple and you are good to go  In my case I found here  quot C  Users pravu AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs quot

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It looks that some files are still left and some registry keys are left  So you can run revocleaner tool to remove those entries as well  Do a reboot and install again it should be doing it now  I also faced issue and by complete cleaning I got Rid of it

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Since I didn t have the uninstaller listed - the solution turned out to be to reinstall Anaconda and then uninstall it

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Uninstall Anaconda from control Panel Delete related folders  cache data and configurations from Users user Delete from AppData folder from hidden list To remove start menu entry -  Go to C  ProgramsData Microsoft Windows  and delete Anaconda folder or search for anaconda in start menu and right click on anaconda prompt -  Show in Folder option  This will do almost cleaning of every anaconda file on your system

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Method1  To uninstall Anaconda3 go to the Anaconda3 folder  there u will be able to find an executable called Uninstall-Anaconda3 exe  double click on it  This should uninstall ur application  There are times when the shortcut of anaconda command prompt jupyter notebook  spyder  etc exists  so delete those files too    Method2  Windows8   Go to control panel- Programs- Uninstall a Program and then select Anaconda3 Python3 1  64-bit in the menu

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I think this is the official solution  https   docs anaconda com anaconda install uninstall    Unfortunately I did the simple remove  Uninstall-Anaconda exe in C  Users username Anaconda3 following the answers in stack overflow  before I found the official article  so I have to get rid of everything manually    But for the rest of you the official full removal could be interesting  so I copied it here      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   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         also solutions for Mac and Linux are provided here  https   docs anaconda com anaconda install uninstall         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 that Anaconda-Clean leaves your data files in the   AnacondaProjects directory untouched    After using Anaconda-Clean  follow the instructions above in Option A to uninstall Anaconda

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Anaconda comes with an uninstaller  which should have been installed in the Start menu

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On my machine  Win10   the uninstaller was located at C  ProgramData Anaconda3 Uninstall-Anaconda3 exe

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If a clean re-install uninstall did not work  this is because the Anaconda install is still listed in the registry    Start -  Run -  Regedit Navigate to HKEY CURRENT USER -  Software -  Python You may see 2 subfolders  Anaconda and PythonCore  Expand both and check the  Install Location  in the Install folder  it will be listed on the right  Delete either or both Anaconda and PythonCore folders  or the entire Python folder and the Registry path to install your Python Package to Anaconda will be gone

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In my computer there wasn t a uninstaller in the Start Menu as well  But it worked it the Control Panel   Programs   Uninstall a Program  and selecting Python Anaconda64bits  in the menu   Note that I m using Win10

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For windows-   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  Use Windows Explorer to delete the envs and pkgs folders prior to Running the uninstall in the root of your installation

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Go to C  Users username Anaconda3 and search for Uninstall-Anaconda3 exe which will remove all the components of Anaconda

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