PowerShell shows (base) in front of prompt

My PowerShell on Windows 10 started to show the word (base). I did not see this on other machines and it started to happen recently. I'm not sure what I did to cause this and I can't find any information about it. My PowerShell $PROFILE file is empty.

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(base) PS C:\>

I see the same in the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio

(base) PM>

Does anyone know what this means and how can I get rid of it again?

1 Answer

As Andy Bochmann commented

The prefix (base) indicated that you are running inside the conda/anaconda environment.

The command "conda deactivate" should bring you back to the standard prompt.