First, a quick note about the difference between pip and conda. pip is the Python Packaging Authority’s recommended tool for installing packages from the Python Package Index, PyPI. conda is a cross-platform package and environment manager from Anaconda.
Generally speaking, it is a bad idea to mix pip and conda package managers. This is because the two managers don’t speak to each other — this can create package conflicts. Consider exclusively using pip within virtual environments unless you are ready to commit to conda.
Here are instructions for removing packages installed with conda. If you’ve been using the conda package manager, you can free up space by removing unused packages and caches using this code:
conda clean --all