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chrishill4
1,567 PointsHow to delete the Virtualenv out of my windows 7 command prompt now?
I was following along with Kenneth Love on Virtualenv using my actual command promp in windows 7. I was just wondering how to reverse the steps and delete it all. Thanks Chris.
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsIf you are still within the virtualenv, you can exit using the command deactivate
If you wish to remove the virtualenv after you've existed, then remove the venv
directory (or whatever it was named at creation time).
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1,567 PointsThankyou for the information.