How to completely remove Python from a Windows machine?
Here's the steps (my non-computer-savvy girlfriend had to figure this one out for me, but unlike all the far more complicated processes one can find online, this one works)
- Open Control Panel
- Click "Uninstall a Program"
- Scroll down to Python and click uninstall for each version you don't want anymore.
This works on Windows 7 out of the box, no additional programs or scripts required.
You will also have to look in your system path. Python puts itself there and does not remove itself: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
Your problems probably started because your python path is pointing to the wrong one.
you can delete it manually.
- open Command Prompt
cd C:\Users\<you name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsAppsdel python.exedel python3.exe
Now the command prompt won't be showing it anymore
where python --> yields nothing, and you are free to install another version from source / anaconda and (after adding its address to Environment Variables -> Path) you will find that very python you just installed