Pyenv-virtualenv: I can not uninstall virtual environment.

[woshihuangshuai]

System: MacOS
When I use pyenv uninstall venv_test, it doesn't work and the virtual environment "venv_test" is still existed.

[jimmywan]

That's not what uninstall does. You're using the wrong command.

[woshihuangshuai]

@jimmywan I'm new to pyenv, can you tell me what is the right command？ Thank U very much！

[jimmywan]

Start with pyenv help

[chadjaros]

From the README on this repo:

Delete existing virtualenv
Removing the directories in $(pyenv root)/versions and $(pyenv root)/versions/{version}/envs will > delete the virtualenv, or you can run:

pyenv uninstall my-virtual-env

This does not result in removal of a given virtual env, at least when run as part of a non-interactive script.

However, pyenv commands does list out some commands, including virtualenv-delete. Presumably that is what should be used.

The documentation should probably be updated.

Also, note that if you're trying to run the command in a script, it has to include the -f flag.

[thaning0]

pyenv uninstall venv_test
It does work, when you input y after this.
pyenv-virtualenv: remove /Users/t/.pyenv/versions/3.7.1/envs/hello_world?

Use pyenv virtualenvs to check.