diff --git a/tqdm/_main.py b/tqdm/_main.py
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+++ b/tqdm/_main.py
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+from .main import *  # NOQA
+from .main import __all__  # NOQA
+from .std import TqdmDeprecationWarning
+from warnings import warn
+warn("This function will be removed in tqdm==5.0.0\n"
+     "Please use `tqdm.main.*` instead of `tqdm._main.*`",
+     TqdmDeprecationWarning)
diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm.py b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
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+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
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+from .std import *  # NOQA
+from .std import __all__  # NOQA
+from .std import TqdmDeprecationWarning
+from warnings import warn
+warn("This function will be removed in tqdm==5.0.0\n"
+     "Please use `tqdm.std.*` instead of `tqdm._tqdm.*`",
+     TqdmDeprecationWarning)
diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm_gui.py b/tqdm/_tqdm_gui.py
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+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm_gui.py
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+from .gui import *  # NOQA
+from .gui import __all__  # NOQA
+from .std import TqdmDeprecationWarning
+from warnings import warn
+warn("This function will be removed in tqdm==5.0.0\n"
+     "Please use `tqdm.gui.*` instead of `tqdm._tqdm_gui.*`",
+     TqdmDeprecationWarning)
diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm_notebook.py b/tqdm/_tqdm_notebook.py
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+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm_notebook.py
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+from .notebook import *  # NOQA
+from .notebook import __all__  # NOQA
+from .std import TqdmDeprecationWarning
+from warnings import warn
+warn("This function will be removed in tqdm==5.0.0\n"
+     "Please use `tqdm.notebook.*` instead of `tqdm._tqdm_notebook.*`",
+     TqdmDeprecationWarning)
diff --git a/tqdm/_utils.py b/tqdm/_utils.py
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+++ b/tqdm/_utils.py
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+from .utils import  CUR_OS, IS_WIN, IS_NIX, RE_ANSI, \
+    _range, _unich, _unicode, colorama, WeakSet, _basestring, _OrderedDict, \
+    FormatReplace, Comparable, SimpleTextIOWrapper, _is_utf, \
+    _supports_unicode, _is_ascii, _environ_cols_wrapper, \
+    _environ_cols_windows, _environ_cols_tput, _environ_cols_linux, \
+    _term_move_up
+
+from .std import TqdmDeprecationWarning
+from warnings import warn
+warn("This function will be removed in tqdm==5.0.0\n"
+     "Please use `tqdm.utils.*` instead of `tqdm._utils.*`",
+     TqdmDeprecationWarning)