How do I remove/delete a virtualenv?

Question

I created an environment with the following command: virtualenv venv --distribute

Trying to remove it with the following command: rmvirtualenv venv does not work.

I do an lson my current directory and I still see venv

The only way I can remove it seems to be: sudo rm -rf venv

Note that the environment is not active. I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. Any ideas? I've tried rebooting my system to no avail.

Answer 1

"The only way I can remove it seems to be: sudo rm -rf venv"

That's it! There is no command for deleting your virtual environment. Simply deactivate it and rid your application of its artifacts by recursively removing it.

Note that this is the same regardless of what kind of virtual environment you are using. virtualenv, venv, Anaconda environment, pyenv, pipenv are all based the same principle here.

Answer 2

Just to echo what @skytreader had previously commented, rmvirtualenv is a command provided by virtualenvwrapper, not virtualenv. Maybe you didn't have virtualenvwrapper installed?

See VirtualEnvWrapper Command Reference for more details.

Answer 3

You can remove all the dependencies by recursively uninstalling all of them and then delete the venv.

source venv/bin/activate
pip freeze > requirements.txt
pip uninstall -r requirements.txt -y
deactivate
rm -r venv/

Answer 4

Simply delete the virtual environment from the system:

rm -rf venv

(There's no special command for it)

Answer 5

rmvirtualenv is a command for virtualenvwrapper. It won't work if you don't have that installed.

Using virtualenvwrapper, to remove an environment, in the $WORKON_HOME:

Syntax:

rmvirtualenv ENVNAME

You must use deactivate before removing the current environment.

$ rmvirtualenv my_env

Reference: http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Answer 6

if you are windows user, then it's in C:\Users\your_user_name\Envs. You can delete it from there.

Also try in command prompt rmvirtualenv environment name.

I tried with command prompt so it said deleted but it was still existed. So i manually delete it.

Answer 7

deactivate is the command you are looking for. Like what has already been said, there is no command for deleting your virtual environment. Simply deactivate it!

Answer 8

With pyenv, you can use pyenv uninstall my_virt_env_name to delete the virual environment.

Note: I'm using pyenv-virtualenv installed through the install script.

Answer 9

from virtualenv's official document https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html

Removing an Environment

Removing a virtual environment is simply done by deactivating it and deleting the environment folder with all its contents:

(ENV)$ deactivate
$ rm -r /path/to/ENV

Answer 10

The following command works for me.

rm -rf /path/to/virtualenv

Answer 11

step 1: delete virtualenv virtualenvwrapper by copy and paste the following command below:

$ sudo pip uninstall virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

step 2: go to .bashrc and delete all virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper

open terminal:

$ sudo nano .bashrc

scroll down and you will see the code bellow then delete it.

# virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

next, source the .bashrc:

$ source ~/.bashrc

FINAL steps: without terminal/shell go to /home and find .virtualenv (I forgot the name so if your find similar to .virtualenv or .venv just delete it. That will work.

Answer 12

If you are a Windows user and you are using conda to manage the environment in Anaconda prompt, you can do the following:

Make sure you deactivate the virtual environment or restart Anaconda Prompt. Use the following command to remove virtual environment:

$ conda env remove --name $MyEnvironmentName

Alternatively, you can go to the

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\MYENVIRONMENTNAME

(that's the default file path) and delete the folder manually.

Answer 13

If you are using pyenv, it is possible to delete your virtual environment:

$ pyenv virtualenv-delete <name>

Answer 14

If you're a windows user, you can also delete the environment by going to: C:/Users/username/Anaconda3/envs Here you can see a list of virtual environment and delete the one that you no longer need.

Answer 15

You can follow these steps to remove all the files associated with virtualenv and then reinstall the virtualenv again and using it

cd {python virtualenv folder}

find {broken virtualenv}/ -type l                             ## to list out all the links

deactivate                                           ## deactivate if virtualenv is active

find {broken virtualenv}/ -type l -delete                    ## to delete the broken links

virtualenv {broken virtualenv} --python=python3           ## recreate links to OS's python

workon {broken virtualenv}                       ## activate & workon the fixed virtualenv

pip3 install  ... {other packages required for the project}

Answer 16

1. Remove the Python environment

There is no command to remove a virtualenv so you need to do that by hand, you will need to deactivate if you have it on and remove the folder:

deactivate
rm -rf <env path>

2. Create an env. with another Python version

When you create an environment the python uses the current version by default, so if you want another one you will need to specify at the moment you are creating it. To make and env. with Python 3.X called MyEnv just type:

python3.X -m venv MyEnv

Now to make with Python 2.X use virtualenv instead of venv:

python2.X -m virtualenv MyEnv

3. List all Python versions on my machine

If any of the previous lines of code didn't worked you probably don't have the specific version installed. First list all your versions with:

ls -ls /usr/bin/python*

If you didn't find it, install Python 3.X using apt-get:

sudo apt-get install python3.X

Answer 17

Actually requires two deletions.

The project folder which everyone in this thread already said you simply delete manually or using rm -r projectfoldername

But then you also need to delete the actual virtualenv located in macOS /Users/edison/.pyenv/versions/3.8.0/envs/myspecialenv.

You can do that by doing pyenv virtualenv-delete myspecialenv or manual removal.

Answer 18

cd \environmentfolder_name\Scripts\deactivate.bat

Answer 19

If you are using pyenv virtualenv < https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv > to centrally manage python versions and virtual environment the solution would be

pyenv uninstall some_env

(Assuming that you have set up your bash .szh profile correctly.)

The solution to this issue is also answered here:

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv/issues/17

Answer 20

For the new versions do:

1. conda deactivate
2. conda env remove -n env_name

Answer 21

Just use Anaconda Navigator to remove selected env.

Answer 22

It is possible that some resources will be activated, making it impossible to just delete the directory. All Python processes should be stopped in advance:

pkill -9 python
rm -rf venv

Answer 23

Only this worked for me:

sudo rm -rf venv