[Python] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'unidecode' yet I have the module installed

I am trying to remove accents from a Python list of strings by converting it from UTF-8 to ASCII. I have read answers to multiple questions here in StackOverflow that suggest using the unidecode function from the unidecode package. I have installed it using conda but if I write

import unidecode


I get

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'unidecode'


I have tried excluding unidecode and reinstalling it (using both conda and pip) and I checking if the PATH was pointing to all Anaconda locations, as advised in Alexander McFarlane's answer to this question.

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