bash - How to remove (base) from terminal prompt after updating conda

Question

After updating miniconda3, whenever I open a terminal it shows "(base)" in front of my username and host.

In this answer post https://askubuntu.com/a/1113206/315699 it was suggested to use

conda config --set changeps1 False

To remove it.

But that would remove the indication for any conda environment. I would like to remove it only for the base one, so that I can maintain it always active and have access to its python and installed packages without having to always see this (base) taking up space.

Answer 1

That's because conda's base environment is activated on startup.

To set the auto_activate_base parameter to false, type:

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

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Edited 2021/09/09:

If you are facing the exact same situation as the OP, that you are using conda to manage environments, and wanted to make (base) environment looks no different to system environment in terminal, check @merv 's answer for the procedures. Note that the prompt string is stored in a certain special variable, depending on the shell you are using, so check the documentation of your shell if it does not work for you.

If you want to use the system environment and not using conda at all, my original answer was the solution for you.

Thanks to @merv and @Neinstein for pointing out in the comments.