conda rename#

Rename an existing environment.

This command renames a conda environment via its name (-n/--name) or its prefix (-p/--prefix).

The base environment and the currently-active environment cannot be renamed.

usage: conda rename [-h] [-n ENVIRONMENT | -p PATH] [-f] [--json] [-v] [-q]
                    [-d] [-y]
                    destination

Positional Arguments#

destination

New name for the conda environment.

Named Arguments#

-f, --force

--force is deprecated and will be removed in 25.3. Use --yes instead.

Target Environment Specification#

-n, --name

Name of environment.

-p, --prefix

Full path to environment location (i.e. prefix).

Output, Prompt, and Flow Control Options#

--json

Report all output as json. Suitable for using conda programmatically.

-v, --verbose

Can be used multiple times. Once for detailed output, twice for INFO logging, thrice for DEBUG logging, four times for TRACE logging.

-q, --quiet

Do not display progress bar.

-d, --dry-run

Only display what would have been done.

-y, --yes

Sets any confirmation values to 'yes' automatically. Users will not be asked to confirm any adding, deleting, backups, etc.

Examples:

conda rename -n test123 test321

conda rename --name test123 test321

conda rename -p path/to/test123 test321

conda rename --prefix path/to/test123 test321