Using default version of python on windows?

Question

I recently installed the Anaconda version of Python. Now when I type python into the terminal it opens the Anaconda distribution rather than the default distribution. How do I get it to use the default version for the command python on windows? I have added the distribution to the path but when i type python --version, it shows the conda version and not the system version.

Answer 1

Conda manipulates the PATH variable when it activates environments. A default install will auto-activate the base environment, which results in giving it precedence over other software accessible from PATH . If you would prefer Conda not to auto-activate base by default, then set this in the configuration:

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

Documentation

$ conda config --describe auto_activate_base
# # auto_activate_base (bool)
# #   Automatically activate the base environment during shell
# #   initialization.
# # 
# auto_activate_base: true

Otherwise, one can always do an ad hoc deactivation with conda deactivate . This latter operation assumes the Conda shell functions are initialized .