# Uninstall cuda failed

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**Created:** [March 15, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/uninstall-cuda-failed/68606 "2024-03-15T04:52:23Z")\
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The python is 3.11, and install 11.8 cuda, and remove it by uninstaller. /usr/local/cuda-11.8/bin/cuda-uninstaller.

But we still can see output in conda list.  
(base) adminpc@adminpc-B760-DS3H:~$ conda list |grep cuda  
cuda-cudart 11.8.89 0 nvidia  
cuda-cupti 11.8.87 0 nvidia  
cuda-libraries 11.8.0 0 nvidia  
cuda-nvrtc 11.8.89 0 nvidia  
cuda-nvtx 11.8.86 0 nvidia  
cuda-opencl 12.2.140 0 nvidia  
cuda-runtime 11.8.0 0 nvidia  
pytorch-cuda 11.8 h7e8668a\_5 pytorch  
pytorch-mutex 1.0 cuda pytorch-nightly

when use the command of cuda remove, it always failed with  
RemoveError: ‘setuptools’ is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from  
conda’s operating environment.

conda remove cuda-cudart cuda-cupti cuda-libraries cuda-nvrtc cuda-nvtx cuda-opencl cuda-runtime pytorch-cuda pytorch-mutex

…  
anyway to solve the problem?  
we hope to change another version of cuda.

Thanks