Django is not importable in this environment ошибка

I’m getting the following errors in Pycharm.

Error: Django is not importable in this environment

It used to work well but I moved the project and virtualenv to a different directory and the error appeared. It’s weird because if I run the project ignoring the configuration settings warning, it works fine.

The problem is that now, Pycharm is not finding the project interpreter.

The command that Pycharm is running is:

/Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/venv/bin/python3.4 /Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/schoolsManager/manage.py runserver 8000

The virtualenv is activated.

My $PATH is:

/Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/venv/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

and my $PYTHONPATH:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3.4

I spent a few days trying to find the solution but I couldn’t find it.

In my case I had to go to Settings (Alt+F7, or the Spanner/Cog icon) and select a Python interpreter which has Django installed alongside it.

If Django isn’t already installed, you should be able to install it via the + (plus) icon (not shown below) once an interpreter has been selected.

answered Sep 28, 2015 at 10:15

I had the same problem and it was due to having more than one project interpreter defined in the project. In my case I had a python 2.7 and a python 3.7 interpreter. Fixed this issue by removing the python 2.7 interpreter.

1. View the current interpreter by navigating to Preferences > Project > Project Interpreter

2. Open the dropdown and select Show All...

3. Remove any interpreters that aren’t your primary

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 19:31

It might seem obvious, but try quitting and then re-starting the PyCharm application. When I had this issue, I continued to get the «Django is not importable in this environment» error even though the project interpreter path was correct. Nothing worked until I closed and re-opened the application. Hope this saves someone some time.

I got the same issue on OS X, and to fix it, I had to use an absolute path for the project interpreter

/Users/myself/Projects/… is ok
~/Projects/… was not working

answered Dec 23, 2014 at 14:38

I had the same problem and I think the solution is not stated here yet. I had to go to Settings > Project Interpreter, click the gears icon on the right and chose the interpreter (which was already correct). Then click on the last icon to the right, the one with some folders structure icon. There I had to add the path to the site-packages of my venv (where Django is). Finally my tests run with no issues.

I had similar problem…

I go PyCharm -> Preferences and tried to readd Django to project interpreter packages. PyCharm suddenly added everything in requirements.txt file. And now I can run project without any problem.

answered Jan 14, 2015 at 21:59

In my case, I was running the Cygwin version of Python when this error came up. Fixing it involved just adding some of cygwin’s bin paths to Window’s Path variable.

Run «control sysdm.cpl»
Go to the «Advanced» tab
Click the «Environmental Variables» button at the bottom of this tab
Find «Path» under «System Variables»
Add to it
;c:/cygwin/bin;c:/cygwin/sbin;c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin

I did not include /usr/bin, as for some reason, it is combined in to the /bin directory when viewing in windows.

answered Feb 9, 2016 at 10:16

As everybody said ,Check for your interpreter
Was it properly configured it or not.If you created your project in virtual environment ,make sure you configured the correct python interpreter or not .The python interpreter(whole) and python interpreter(for only single project using virtualenv) are different .

If you are using PyCharm
Go to Setting->Project->project interpreter and pick the right interpreter
Once you are done with that ,run the project if it runs,all set .if not check for the Edit configurations and check again for the interpreter

answered Jan 24, 2017 at 5:12

I had the same problem in Pycharm.

I fixed it by removing the old Run/Debug Configurations and then create another one.

Before that make sure to install Django if you haven’t already.

It is better to clear caches by going File > Invalidate Caches / Restart ... to be more sure.

answered Jul 16, 2022 at 7:48

answered May 3, 2018 at 18:25

I kept getting this error even after following suggestions made in other answers, like deleting .idea folder, reinstalling packages from settings->project interpreter.

Finally, I took the venv out of the project folder and created a venev beside the project folder and deleted .idea folder from project folder.

Then I opened the project and chose the interpreter as the newly created venv

answered Jul 7, 2020 at 8:21

steps :

 1. Choose File Option
 2. Setting
 3. Scroll to Project -> Select Python Interpreter
 4. Project Interpreter
 5. Click on Setting icon and press Add environment
 6. Create a Virtual Environment

answered Oct 24, 2020 at 3:03

I had the same error. Try to name path (and project) without «_»:

../my_project/venv -> ../my-project/venv

answered Jan 20, 2021 at 21:59