{"id":26779,"date":"2022-04-18T01:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/?p=26779"},"modified":"2022-04-18T01:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:34:29","slug":"how-to-check-version-of-installed-python-from-cmd-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/how-to-check-version-of-installed-python-from-cmd-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Version of Installed Python from cmd in Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let us see how to use cmd (Command Prompt) to determine which version of Python is installed on your Windows OS system.<\/p>\n<h2>Checking Python Version from cmd in Windows<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Steps to be followed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To access the command line, first right-click the Windows logo in the bottom left corner of your computer screen and pick &#8220;Command Prompt&#8221; from the list.<strong> (OR)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Simply type &#8220;cmd&#8221; into the Windows search box and select the first option that appears in the search results.<\/li>\n<li>Now, in the Command Prompt window, enter the following command:<\/li>\n<li>\n<pre>python --version (OR)\r\npython<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Press Enter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus, if Python is installed on your system and the path is also specified in the Environment Variables, the first command will directly display the version of Python installed on your operating system, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p>When you type the <strong>first<\/strong> command python &#8211;version it directly displays the version<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\VIKRAM&gt;python --version\r\nPython 3.9.1<\/pre>\n<p>If you run the <strong>second<\/strong> command, &#8220;python,&#8221; this command will run Python.exe and display the version number as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\VIKRAM&gt;python\r\nPython 3.9.1 (tags\/v3.9.1:1e5d33e, Dec 7 2020, 17:08:21) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32\r\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26783\" src=\"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-55.png\" alt=\"Checking Python version in Windows\" width=\"985\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-55.png 985w, https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-55-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-55-768x285.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If Python is not properly installed on your machine, you will observe the following:<\/p>\n<pre>'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.<\/pre>\n<p>In this scenario, you must first download Python from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/downloads\/\">https:\/\/www.python.org\/downloads\/<\/a> and add it to your path.<\/p>\n<h3>Check Python version Using sys.version Method<\/h3>\n<p>For this approach, the user must import the sys library and use the from sys.version command, which returns the user&#8217;s current Python version.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\"># Import sys module using the import keyword\r\nimport sys\r\n# Get the current version of the user using the sys.version command\r\nprint(\"User Current Version:-\", sys.version)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Current Version of User : 3.10.0 (tags\/v3.10.0:b494f59, Oct 4 2021, 19:00:18) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Current Version of User : 3.10.0 (tags\/v3.10.0:b494f59, Oct 4 2021, 19:00:18) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26789\" src=\"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sys-version-method.jpg\" alt=\"Checking Python version using sys module\" width=\"860\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sys-version-method.jpg 860w, https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sys-version-method-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/python-programs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sys-version-method-768x69.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Check Python version Using python_version() Method<\/h3>\n<p>This function can be accessed by importing the platform library and will always return the running user&#8217;s Python version as a string.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\"># Import python_version from platform module using the import keyword\r\nfrom platform import python_version\r\n# Get the current version of the user using the python_version() function\r\nprint(\"User Current Version:-\", python_version())\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>User Current Version:- 3.7.12<\/pre>\n<h3>Check Python version Using python -V command<\/h3>\n<p>This approach is one of the easiest of all the methods since it uses one of the built-in commands in Python to obtain the current Python version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>command:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>python -V<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\VIKRAM&gt; 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