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I recently discovered you can add more environments in Anaconda, e.g. through the Anaconda Navigator -> Environments tab - > Create. The advantage is that it lets you always go to the highest version of package eg. 

pd.__version__, np.__version__, numba.__version__
('1.0.3', '1.18.1', '0.48.0')

vs the base/root environment which is limited by the Anaconda dependencies

pd.__version__, np.__version__, numba.__version__
('0.25.1', '1.17.2', '0.45.1')

Another advantage is I can be much more selective in the packages, out of the box a new environment comes with much less, in my case 91 incl. what I installed vs 305 on root

-> So who needs all that "bloatware" on the root environment? Can I just delete all of those packages, and if so, how to do that efficiently?

Side note: I know about miniconda but I may not be ready to switch yet.

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  • _So who needs all that “bloatware” on the root environment?_ Are you referring to the packages which are there by default, or those that you added? – AMC Mar 25 '20 at 02:26
  • those that came with the default install. 100s. Out of the 305 I maybe added 3 or 4 – DISC-O Mar 25 '20 at 02:30
  • The base environment includes hundreds of packages by default? I recently switched to Miniconda, so I unfortunately can’t check right now, but it’s certainly possible that I might have just never noticed the amount of packages. In any case, why would you want to delete them (and what do you mean by delete) ? – AMC Mar 25 '20 at 02:33
  • They take up a ton of space for starters, and I never use any of them but a few - less than 10. And they are often not fully up to date. So I will only use my new environment and don't need anything on root. I heard of miniconda but I feel I am not savvy enough yet for that. – DISC-O Mar 25 '20 at 02:42
  • I don know all the inner workings of conda, the commands etc. And according to this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45421163/anaconda-vs-miniconda Anaconda is for people new to Python. – DISC-O Mar 25 '20 at 02:54
  • Important question: What do you mean by _delete all those packages_ ? Do you want them removed from the base env, or removed from your computer entirely? – AMC Mar 25 '20 at 03:33
  • I think we should take this to chat. – DISC-O Mar 25 '20 at 12:30
  • Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/210310/discussion-between-amc-and-disc-o). – AMC Mar 25 '20 at 15:05

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