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ModuleNotFoundError in Python — What It Means and How to Fix It

What Python's ModuleNotFoundError exception means and how to resolve it.

Published October 27, 2026

ModuleNotFoundError is raised when an import statement can't find the specified module.

Key points

  • Catch it specifically with "except ModuleNotFoundError:" when you want to handle this exact case rather than a bare except

Example

import nonexistent_module  # ModuleNotFoundError
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