Pyenv local version overrides all other Python versions regardless of 'global' or 'local' commands

Question

Brief Background: macOS is Ventura 13.2.1 and the system's Python is version 3.11.2.

If I type pyenv versions in my terminal, I get

  system
* 3.9.16 (set by /Users/usersname/.python-version)
  3.10.10

I have no idea how pyenv set my Users folder with a local version of Python, but more troubling, this local version controls everything downstream from my Users folder because of its location. In essence, this local version is almost like a system version. Moreover, if I type pyenv global system or pyenv global 3.10.10 and then check pyenv versions, I still get

  system
* 3.9.16 (set by /Users/usersname/.python-version)
  3.10.10

Yet if I type pyenv global, I'll get either the system's version or 3.10.10.How do fix this problem? Can I do one of the following?

1. Place myself in the correct directory (my Users folder) and then use rm -r .python-version.
2. Place myself in the correct directory and then use pyenv local --unset.
3. Some other remove or unset methods I obviously don't know about.

I found many tutorials on pyenv and how to set global and local versions, but nothing on how to unset (if that's possible) a local version. Is it possible?

Answer 1

I solved my problem per the following doc: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/blob/master/COMMANDS.md#pyenv-local

I simply had to place myself in the correct folder/directory and type pyenv local --unset, which removed the .python-version file.