How to remove environment prefix in Powershell console

Question

Does anybody knows how I can remove (venv) prefix that is displayed in my Powershell Terminal window? I know that this is purely cosmetic, but I'd love to remove it since I'm using Oh My Posh.

I've attached screenshot.

Answer 1

I've found the best solution (for my case at least).

Simply add: $env:VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT = 1 to $PROFILE

Answer 2

Go to the "C:\Program Files\Python310\Lib\venv\scripts\common" (your Python installation folder might be different)

• Find a file "Activate.ps1".
• Open the file with any editor of your choice.
• Find the line with following code (approximately line 232)

function global:prompt {
    Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green "($_PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX) "
    _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT
}

• Remove this variable with brackets **($_PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX) ** you can leave only double quotes.

• After that your the function should look like this.

function global:prompt {
    Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green ""
    _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT
}

• At last, recreate the environment.

Answer 3

There is a prompt function in your $profile (not by default but if you have a customized prompt you will). You will have to modify it to remove the code that writes (venv) in your prompt.

Answer 4

This looks like the python environment set by conda, which modifies your prompt function when being initialized.

Search for all the possible powershell profiles in your host: $PROFILE | Format-List -Force

Then look for the part where it says #region conda initialize and modify it.

Alternatively you can search for the ps1 file that does this, for me it's C:\Users\Username\Miniconda3\shell\condabin\conda-hook.ps1 but ymmv.

I also use oh-my-posh, and display the environment on the right:

     {
       "foreground": "lightRed",
       "properties": {
         "display_mode": "always",
         "display_version": false,
         "display_virtual_env": true,
         "prefix":"",
         "postfix": "\uE235 "
       },
       "type": "python",
       "style": "plain"
     }