For best results Anaconda should be installed on a clean computer without any previous Python or Python Distributions.
Uninstall
To Uninstall, right click the Start Button and select Installed Apps:
Uninstall:
- Anaconda
- Miniconda
- Miniforge
- Mambaconda
- Python
- PyCharm
- Spyder
- Thonny
- VSCode
if present.
To uninstall an Anaconda based installer right click the options … beside it and select uninstall:
Select Uninstall:
Select yes:
Select next:
Select Finish:
Windows Environmental Variables Path
Right click the Start button and select System:
Select Advanced system Settings:
Select Environmental Variables:
Then select Path and Edit:
The default path looks like the following:
A semicolon can be added at the end:
Once OK is seleced and Edit is pressed again, it should display as a list:
Remove any entries that contain Python, Anaconda, Miniconda, Miniforge or Mambaforge.
Purging Configuration Files
The default locations for Anaconda installers are in %USERPROFILE% if installed as a single user (default) or %PROGRAMDATA% if installed for all users.
Anaconda is typically installed for a single user in:
%USERPROFILE%
For all users it is installed in:
%PROGRAMDATA%
Open the locations in Windows Explorer:
Delete the folders:
- .conda
- .continuum
- .idlerc
- .ipython
- .jupyter
- .matplotlib
- .spyder-py3
- .vscode
- anaconda3
- miniconda3
- miniforge
- mambaforge
And the file:
- .condarc
Open up File Explorer. In the addressbar type in:
%APPDATA%
Delete the folders:
- .anaconda
- Code
- JetBrains
- jupyter
- Thonny
Open up File Explorer. In the addressbar type in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%
Delete the folders:
- conda
- Jedi
- pip
- scikit-image
- Spyder
- thonny
Start Menu shortcuts for a single user are found in:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
For all users:
%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Open the locations in Windows Explorer:
Delete any Anaconda3 folders and names of old Python Environments:
