Django No module named 'django.db.migrations.migration'

Question

I had a custom user model in my project. I wanted to delete it and return default user model by deleting all tables in my database and deleting migrations. After this, I tried to run python manage.py makemigrations command but it writes:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 15, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 371, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 347, in execute
    django.setup()
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 89, in populate
    app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 116, in create
    mod = import_module(mod_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/apps.py", line 9, in <module>
    from .management import (
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/management/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, migrations, router, transaction
  File "/home/irakliy01/Projects/Project/PythonVEnv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/migrations/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .migration import Migration, swappable_dependency  # NOQA
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django.db.migrations.migration'

I have no idea what I did wrong.

I think the problem is that i've deleted django.* tables from database. If it is the reason, how to return them? — irakliy01, Feb 15 '18 at 16:46
I think you must reinstall django, it work for me and him -> [link](https://stackoverflow.com/a/47849953/4154982) — Ardi Nusawan, Apr 24 '18 at 08:42

Joel G Mathew · Answer 1 · 2018-09-27T10:48:51.517

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Your Django installation seems corrupted. You can reinstall with:

pip3 uninstall Django
pip3 install Django

Usually this happens if you installed Django in your regular operating system's python installation and then later installed a virtualenv copy and tried to run the django server. You need to reinstall Django in your virtualenv, after removing it first if it already exists.

edited Sep 27 '18 at 10:48

answered Sep 23 '18 at 04:41

Joel G Mathew

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Thanks for this answer. For me the error came from trying to reset the migrations, seems that I delete something that I shouldn't. – Chuox Oct 23 '21 at 02:19

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '21 at 16:06

Assuming you are running in the virtual environment, you might have actually deleted the files under /django/db/migrations/ as well. So the error is obvious here. You would need to reinstall django to get the files back for successful migration.

To do this, check the django version

python -m django --version

Then install the same version using following command

pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall  Django==3.2.2

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '23 at 13:24

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Without thinking I copy-pasted and run this oneliner in the root directory.

find . -path "*/migrations/*.py" -not -name "__init__.py" -delete

Well, I had Django installed within the venv, and - surprise surprise - there's a migrations package in the Django source code. After reinstall everything works fine.

answered May 21 '23 at 13:24

Tom Wojcik

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Yes, got the same problem, copied the command from here: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/07/26/how-to-reset-migrations.html – JEX Jul 15 '23 at 02:03

Django No module named 'django.db.migrations.migration'

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