# django import error:could not import django

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-import-error-could-not-import-django/21675>\
**Category:** Mystery Errors\
**Created:** [June 17, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-import-error-could-not-import-django/21675 "2023-06-17T07:50:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hridya-Vasudev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/hridya-vasudev/32/14282_2.png) [@Hridya-Vasudev](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/Hridya-Vasudev)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-import-error-could-not-import-django/21675/1 "2023-06-17T07:50:40Z")

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when i run python manage.py runserver it shows import error. but it was working before. suddenly i got this error.

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**Author:** ![Rigo-Villalta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/rigo-villalta/32/5667_2.png) [@Rigo-Villalta](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/Rigo-Villalta)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-import-error-could-not-import-django/21675/2 "2023-06-18T17:00:57Z")

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Don´t post images of the code. They don’t look good in mobile device.

About your question, I think you are using a Python Virtual Environment, you have to activate it in order to work with the packages you have already installed.