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Moving Anaconda from one directory to another
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Anaconda environment management requires known paths, and Anaconda must know
the exact path where it is installed at installation time.

If you simply copy the Anaconda files to a new directory, Anaconda will not work.

To move Anaconda from one directory to another:

#. OPTIONAL: Save your environments using the conda `managing environments
   <https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html>`_ instructions.

#. :doc:`Uninstall Anaconda <../../install/uninstall>`.

#. Go to the new directory and install it there following the :doc:`Anaconda installation instructions <../../install/index>`.

#. OPTIONAL: Restore your environments using the conda `managing environments
   <https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html>`_ instructions.
