# Node-red switching to pyhton 3 from pyhton2.7
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 September 2018 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986 "2018-09-09T15:24:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@digital.learner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/digital.learner)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986/1 "2018-09-09T15:24:40Z")
Hello,
I have both python 2.7 and python 3 installed on my system. Node red is using Python 2.7. Is there a way i can switch to python 3.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@digital.learner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/digital.learner)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986/2 "2018-09-09T16:21:09Z")
Solved: issue closed
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 16:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986/3 "2018-09-09T16:34:01Z")
it would be good if you can explain how you solved the issue, in case someone else searches the forum with the same question.
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### Author:  [@digital.learner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/digital.learner)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switching-to-pyhton-3-from-pyhton2-7/2986/4 "2018-09-09T16:43:13Z")
I had set the path in system variables and deleted the python 2.7 path to make things work for me.