When I attempt to use Anaconda Navigator Updater to update from current version 1.6.8 to 2.3.2, I receive a “Cannot update Anaconda Navigator, UnsatisfiableError” dialog box on my screen.
How do I go about updating anaconda?
Hello,
Can you please try updating anaconda navigator from a Anaconda command window prompt as follows:
conda update anaconda-navigator
If this fails, you should get additional error output. Please attach it below, if it fails this way.
Stephen Weller
Anaconda Support Engineer
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To fix the Cannot update Anaconda Navigator, UnsatisfiableError error, use the “conda update anaconda-navigator” command or use the “conda install anaconda=custom” command to be able to update anaconda-navigator.
The error occurs when you try to update Anaconda Navigator due to conflicting dependencies between the packages that need to be updated and the current packages installed in the system.
Hello, I also trying to update Anaconda Navigator from conda prompt as it was taking infinitely long time to update normally.
WHAT I DID.
i used this
conda deactivate
conda install anaconda=custom
conda update conda
conda update anaconda-navigator
Everything work, then it created a list of packages to be downloaded, installed or updated when I proceed with yes it give me an error below.
Proceed ([y]/n)? y
Downloading and Extracting Packages
CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/nbformat-5.10.4-pyhd8ed1ab_0.conda
Elapsed: -
An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
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Hi! I’m new here and unfortunately I’m also having problems updating Anaconda Navigator on Windows.
I downloaded it today and was immediately asked to update from 2.6.0 to 2.6.2. I haven’t done any work in Anaconda yet, so I won’t lose anything if you recommend I deinstall everything. Anyhow, here is what I have done:
- Tried “conda update anaconda-navigator" through Anaconda Prompt
- Tried “conda update anaconda-navigator" through Anaconda Prompt as Admin
- Tried conda install anaconda=custom through Anaconda Prompt as Admin
The error messages look like this::
I know it was a few months ago but I had exactly the same problem. Solved it by opening an admin prompt and:
conda update --all
conda update anaconda-navigator
It looks like conda needs to update itself first 
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I found a solution.
After running
conda clean -p
I could run the updates.
I had the same issues when trying to install libraries.
Also had trouble getting Anaconda updater working on a Windows 11 pro, on intel ultra 9 with 64Gb memory. Followed the administrator command line advice as pictured here, and got this success:
Had to try the conda cache memory scrub and conda update all noted above. Administrative anaconda command line entries shown below. both successful on windows 11 pro, intel ultra 9, lots of memory. Note the update all did 13 pages worth of updates and new files added. I’m really grateful for all the experience that went into making those new files that play better with the world of 2025.
Note I tried another Navigator update after that, just as pictured in the prior post, and it quickly told me everything was already updated. All good and behaving sanely.