IPython console in spyder extremely slow in Anaconda

Question

I\'m trying Anaconda/Spyder after using the standard python installation/IDLE for several years. The console (and variable explorer) becomes progressively slower during each

Answer 1

you don't need to downgrade the entire spyder. For me it worked with downgrading these two: conda install ipython=6.4.0 conda install ipykernel=4.10.0