[SOLVED] Removing Conda "base" environment

Issue

I'm trying to remove my entire Conda "base" environment. Every time I go into my terminal on my Mac, it says (base) ______________@_____________'s MacBook Pro. I did conda deactivate, then which the (base) no longer appeared before my name. Then I did conda remove --name base --all, and I got an error that says: CondaEnvironmentError: cannot remove current environment. deactivate and run conda remove again. I already deactivated my environment. Can someone help me on this?

Solution

If you want to get rid of the base environment you need to uninstall Anaconda. To do it properly look at https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/

If you just want to revert your base environment back to the original state before you installed any additional packages, try

conda install --name base --revision 0

Answered By - Peter

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)