How to remove python 2.7 from Mac OS X 10.14.5?

Question

I realise that there is already an answer for the question but its for Mac OS X 10.6.4 and the python he installed was from "python.org". My python 2.7 has come built-in in my Mac so how do I remove it? Is there any way of removing it? I have installed a python3.7 from the website and it is working perfectly but 2.7 is also working. I want to remove 2.7 and make it such that when i type "python" in terminal it runs python3.7 and not 2.7.

Answer 1

You don't have to remove python 2.7. You can simply add the command as an alias (you can also add this in your ~/.bash_profile file):

alias python='python3.7'

Do not remove python 2.7 (default python package), it may damage your operating system.

If you want you can simply use this command (removes the python installed with homebrew):

brew uninstall python

Refer this question if you really thinking of removing python 2.7. Here is another question which will give you more information.