How can I get unstuck from CondaUpgradeError “A newer version of conda is required.”?

Question

I attempted to downgrade my conda version. With conda at version 4.6.2, I ran conda install conda=4.5.12. I then went to run other conda commands, but was met

Answer 1

I really struggled with this issue. All the solutions here did not work for me. This is what works for me:

• Find the /conda-meta/history file in the root.
• Delete or rename it,
• Then conda update conda.