Clear python console command history

Question

I am using anaconda on mac and I am wondering whether there is a way to clear my python command history. Specifically, upon calling python in terminal, I wanted to clear anything I typed before here.

Answer 1

Assuming you want to clear the command history Python goes through when you hit the up and down arrow keys, that history is managed by either the GNU readline library or libedit, depending on your system. The Python readline module is the Python-level interface to the underlying library (even if that library is libedit), and on systems where the underlying library supports it, you can clear the history with readline.clear_history:

>>> import readline
>>> readline.clear_history()

I do not know if the library on your Mac supports it.