# How to run python script in UiPath without installing python?

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**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/how-to-run-python-script-in-uipath-without-installing-python/271827 "2020-11-24T10:32:35Z")\
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Hi @sufyant and @Adrian_Star,

**It is possible to run python script without installing it on your local system**. My test included python 3.6.8 files in a USB drive and **all traces of python removed from my local machine**.

Then I ran a simple workflow calling a python function and I get the required output in UiPath. So as I said in the earlier reply, UiPath just wants to know where your python.exe file is and uses the path in a terminal environment in the background. The result is then forwarded to UiPath.

[pythonUSBOnly.zip](https://forum.uipath.com/uploads/short-url/qC2nkcf0JR9GfPHvz4VvIzr3kse.zip) (2.1 KB)

**Testing in cmd**  
Here I manually provide the USB python path and run the same .py with a print command to show how UiPath does the operation in the background.  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/original/3X/f/9/f95213ee930cf091ef4d805914dbd638232af393.png)

Files / Folder on the USB (I obtained these files and folders [from an earlier installation](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-368/) location and just copied all of them to the USB drive):  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/original/3X/a/0/a00878f6fda561aba76b1896a746e593d9d6b4c4.png)

Cheers!

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