# Anaconda installation fails on Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/anaconda-installation-fails-on-mac/75293>\
**Category:** Technical Topics\
**Created:** [June 17, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/anaconda-installation-fails-on-mac/75293 "2024-06-17T03:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![675137130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/c2df01/32.png) [@675137130](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/675137130)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/anaconda-installation-fails-on-mac/75293/1 "2024-06-17T03:50:32Z")

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fails on Mac  
hello, I wanna install anaconda3 on my Mac again.(Used delete it ),but it cannot be set, by the reason: ‘opt/anaconda3’ exists. ‘Chosen path already exists’  
I think I deleted it clean ,but I cannot install it again.

please help me  
thank you so so so much

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/anaconda-installation-fails-on-mac/75293/2 "2024-06-17T08:22:37Z")

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Please try to uninstall Anaconda and install it again.

I’m going to leave you the installer here for your platform so that you can install it:

[https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.02-1-MacOSX-arm64.pkg](https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.02-1-MacOSX-arm64.pkg)

There is the x86 installer as well:

[https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.02-1-MacOSX-x86\_64.pkg](https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.02-1-MacOSX-x86_64.pkg)

It’s also advisable to completely uninstall Anaconda before proceeding with the installation to make sure to get rid of any errors, you can do that if you follow these instructions:

### macOS or Linux

1. Open your terminal application.
2. Remove your entire Anaconda directory with rm -rf. Depending on your installation, your anaconda2 or anaconda3 directory will be in your root folder or in your opt folder.

# The following are a few examples of how you may need to delete your Anaconda folder

sudo su

rm -rf anaconda3

rm -rf ~/anaconda3

rm -rf ~/opt/anaconda3

rm -rf /opt/anaconda3

1. Close and reopen your terminal to refresh it. You should no longer see (base) in your terminal prompt.

If you want here is a detailed explanation:

> **[Uninstalling Anaconda Distribution - Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/anaconda/uninstall)**

Please let us know if that fixed your problem, we are eager to help you.

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**Author:** ![galgkhjkhk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2df01/32.png) [@galgkhjkhk](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/galgkhjkhk)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/anaconda-installation-fails-on-mac/75293/3 "2026-03-22T16:59:38Z")

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Thanks. worked for me i have a MacBook Pro 2019 Intel chip so the one on the official download page (apple sillcon) didn’t work.