Issue Removing Anaconda from MacOS

Question

I downloaded Anaconda Navigator to my Mac (macOS Sierra). I am trying to cleanly uninstall Anaconda so that there is no trace of it and so python reverts to how it was out-of-the-box.

I have followed the instructions about Anaconda-Clean at this site: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install#uninstall-anaconda

However, when I type the command python from the terminal, I still see Anaconda's presence:

Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryan$ python Python 3.5.2 |Anaconda 4.2.0 (x86_64)| (default, Jul 2 2016, 17:52:12) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

What do I do to clean this up?

Thanks, Ryan

Answer 1

Try using the simple remove instructions on the page you linked to: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install#uninstall-anaconda

First do which python to see where the old conda python is residing.

OS X: Open the Terminal.app or iTerm2 terminal application and remove your entire Anaconda directory, which will have a name such as “anaconda2” or “anaconda3”, by entering the following command: rm -rf ~/anaconda3

I don't know why the anaconda-clean did not work for you.

Answer 2

for me anaconda3 was located at /opt/anaconda3 so i did rm -rf /opt/anconda3