Command Line Options

Spyder’s command line options include the following:

Options:
-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--new-instance

Run a new Spyder instance, even if single instance mode is enabled

--defaults

Reset Spyder settings file to the defaults

--reset

Remove all configuration files and reset to defaults!

--optimize

Optimize Spyder bytecode (may require administrative privileges)

-w WORKING_DIRECTORY, --workdir=WORKING_DIRECTORY

Set the default working directory

--hide-console

Hide parent console window (Windows)

--show-console

(Deprecated) Does nothing, now the default behavior

--multithread

Execute the Internal Console in separate thread from the application

--profile

Profile mode (internal test, not related to Python profiling)

--window-title=WINDOW_TITLE

String to show in the window title, to identify the Spyder instance

-p OPEN_PROJECT, --project=OPEN_PROJECT

Path that contains an Spyder project to open on startup