How to update Python version on Spyder?

Question

I'm using Spyder IDE using Python 3.7.5. I want to switch to Python 3.8, what should I do?

Answer 1

If you're using Anaconda, you need to create a conda environment for it like this:

conda create -n py38 python=3.8 spyder-kernels

Then you need to open Spyder and go to the menu

Tools > Preferences > Python interpreter

select the option Use the following Python interpreter and select the Python executable of your py38 environment.

You can find more information about this procedure here.