How to use Anaconda Navigator

There are four main components in Anaconda Navigator. Select each by clicking the tab on the left-hand column:

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  • HOME where you can install, upgrade, and launch applications.
  • ENVIRONMENTS allows you to manage channels, environments and packages.
  • LEARNING see many learning resources, including webinars, documentation, videos and training.
  • COMMUNITY connect to other Navigator users through events, forums and social media.

TIP: For help understanding new terms in Navigator, see Navigator Glossary.

Learning

On the NAVIGATOR LEARNING tab you can learn more about Anaconda Navigator, the Anaconda platform, and open data science. Select Webinars, Documentation, Video, and/or Training, then click any item to have that open in a browser window.

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Utility navigation

Top menu

FILE menu (In OS X it’s NAVIGATOR menu) includes a drop-down menu for About, Preferences, Services, Hide Navigator, Hide Others, Show All, and Quit.

  • ABOUT submenu displays information about Anaconda Navigator, including a link for bug reports and feature requests.
  • Preferences submenu allows you to reset the Anaconda API domain and conda domain, select or deselect whether to provide personally non-identifiable information to help improve the product, and to select or deselect whether to show application environments. These preferences may all be reset back to defaults by clicking the Reset to defaults button.
  • SERVICES submenu (OS X Only) Links to your computer’s system preferences menu.
  • HIDE NAVIGATOR submenu (OS X Only) Hides your Anaconda Navigator window.
  • HIDE OTHERS submenu (OS X Only) Hides all windows except your Anaconda Navigator window.
  • SHOW ALL submenu (OS X Only) Brings back all windows including your Anaconda Navigator window.
  • QUIT submenu exits Navigator. A confirmation dialog box will appear, and there you can click the Don’t show again box to exit without confirmation the next time.

HELP menu in the top navigation bar includes a drop-down menu for Search, Online Documentation, License Manager, and Logs Viewer.

  • Search submenu links to your computer’s Help.
  • Online Documentation submenu links to this documentation, which can be accessed from any web browser. A shortcut is also visible at all times from the bottom left of all Navigator screens.
  • License manager submenu allows you to add, remove, and view details of licensed packages. Add a license by clicking the Add License button, then selecting the license file from your computer. If you have any problems click the “Got a problem with your license?” link. For more information please see the License installation page.
  • Logs Viewer submenu allows you to review the logs of everything you have done in Anaconda Navigator since you started this session. There are two or more files that can be selected from the drop-down list: navigator.log that refers to the actual application logs and condamanager.log which refers to logs on the specific conda-manager component. As the application is used more log files are created with a number appended to the name. More recent log files have a higher number.

Other navigation

  • Sign in to Anaconda Cloud button at top right of all screens. For your convenience in locating packages and channels available only on Anaconda Cloud (Anaconda.org), sign in for seamless transition between your computer and Anaconda Cloud. After you have logged into Anaconda Cloud this appears as, “signed in as [username]”.
  • Documentation The Documentation button is visible at all times from the bottom left button on all Navigator screens.
  • Developer Blog Read what our developers have to say about Navigator development. Visible at all times from the bottom left button on all Navigator screens.
  • Feedback Give us your thoughts about Anaconda Navigator to help us make it better. Visible at all times from the bottom left button on all Navigator screens.

Updating Anaconda Navigator

Every time Anaconda Navigator starts, it checks if a new version is available. If it finds a new version, a dialog box will pop up where you can chose to update or keep your current version. We recommend that you keep Navigator updated to the latest version.

Next steps

Test drive Navigator with a quick and easy How-to on using Navigator with Pandas to try out practical, real world data analysis, or jump right to the Navigator Tutorial.

ADVANCED: Build your own Anaconda Navigator application.