How to quit/exit/deactivate a Python Virtualenv

The Python virtual environment provides a command “deactivate” to go back to normal. Once the virtualenv is activated, you simply run the below command to deactivate the environment and get the original shell back.

deactivate 

In the case of using “Anaconda” run the following command to deactivate the conda environment.

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conda deactivate

Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html