# Surprising mandatory pylance uninstall

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/surprising-mandatory-pylance-uninstall/132659>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/surprising-mandatory-pylance-uninstall/132659 "2025-09-05T06:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![endolith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/endolith/32/14425_2.png) [@endolith](https://forum.cursor.com/u/endolith)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/surprising-mandatory-pylance-uninstall/132659/39 "2025-09-07T12:15:50Z")

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In [Unable to find Pylance in the extension marketplace - #3 by ravirahman](https://forum.cursor.com/t/unable-to-find-pylance-in-the-extension-marketplace/105099/3) , @ravirahman says to replace it with “Anysphere Python extension” which “has equivalent functionality as Pylance”, but it does _not_ have equivalent functionality.

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