How to uninstall old version of Python on mac

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I have both versions installed on my mac osx 2.7.16 and 3.7.9

It seems like the old version is the one working on visual studio code.

What I have tried:

I have tried to remove using the following command on terminal

sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7

Then checking the version again

python --version

I get

Python 2.7.16

Posted 5-Sep-21 9:19am

Marcombat

Updated 5-Sep-21 22:58pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2021-09-05T22:58:00

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How to Uninstall Python on Mac[^]

Posted 5-Sep-21 22:58pm

Richard MacCutchan