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[Prehistory: I have a lot of bugs in my Anaconda Installation (like Spyder not opening, not being able to install certain packages and so on). I think this problems occur because I installed it when python 3.7 was very new and not compatible with other stuff.]

Therefore I uninstalled Anaconda from Windows 10 using

  • Uninstall-Anaconda.exe in C:\Users\username\Anaconda3

like suggested in https://stackoverflow.com/a/39490516/7735095.

After doing so I fave found out that there would have been a better removal method:

  • executing:

    conda install anaconda-clean
    anaconda-clean
    

    BEFORE uninstalling Anaconda,

like suggested in https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/. But now it is too late for it because I already uninstalled Anaconda the classical way.

So my question is? What should I remove now manually?

For example in C:\Users\jakob I still have the folders:

.anaconda
.conda
.ipython
.jupyter
.matplotlib
.spyder-py3

and the file:

.condarc

Can I destroy anything when I delete those folders and this file? Why did the default uninstall leave them on my system?

What about:

C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Local\conda
C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Local\Spyder

C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Roaming\jupyter
C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Roaming\Jedi

C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DOMStore\YP1KVEAM\conda[1].xml
C:\Users\jakob\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!121\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DOMStore\0KLIGYWH\conda[1].xml

Can I delete all of them?

In my registry I still have:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python\PythonCore

Is it dangerous to delete it from the registry? Why did Uninstall-Anaconda.exe leave it on my system?

Do you think there are further traces of Anaconda that could be removed?

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    Many of those dot directories contain settings and config for the various packages, and are presumably left there with the idea that you want to keep your own settings around even if the app/package has been removed. Theyre all safe to delete. If you reinstall anaconda/those packages again, the folders will end up being recreated anyway. I'm not sure about the registry key – Simon Nov 13 '18 at 01:22
  • @Simon Thank you! I have found more anaconda related files and folders in `C:\Users\jakob\AppData`. So I added them to my question. – Jakob Nov 13 '18 at 13:45

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