How to flush interpreters list cache?

Question

I initialized a virtualenv with a python 2.7 interpreter, and then selected it as the interpreter in VSCode.

I then changed the virtualenv interpreter to python 3.7, and the VSCode interpreter list does not reflects the change: it still shows the virtualenv interpreter as being python 2.7.

How can I force the cached interpreter list to be updated or flushed?

This is related to this issue .

Answer 1

At last I found a way to remove no-longer existing interpreters from the cache :

• close VSCode
• delete the virtualenv
• launch VSCode and try to select the no-longer existing interpreter

I guess the lookup is only done at launch, and not upon interpreter selection...

Answer 2

Running those 2 commands in the command palette worked for me.

Python: Clear Workspace Interpreter Setting Python: Reset Stored Info for Untrusted Interpreters

As mentioned in the GitHub issue here Kudos to ericsnowcurrently